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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lower Dunsforth like this:
DUNSFORTH, a chapelry in Great Ouseburn district, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Ure, 3 miles SE of Aldborough, and 4 SE of Boroughbridge r. station. It consists of the two townships of Lower Dunsforth and Upper Dunsforth-cum-Branton-Green. Post town, Aldborough, under York. Acres, 1,860. Real property, £2, 719. Pop., 295. Houses, 64. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £178.* Patron, the Vicar of Aldhorough. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Lower Dunsforth is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lower Dunsforth itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lower Dunsforth, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12357
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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