In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Elslack like this:

ELSLACK, a hamlet in Broughton-in-Airedale parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Colne branch of the Leeds and Lancaster railway, 4½ miles WSW of Skipton. It has a station on the railway. Acres, 1, 762. Pop., 112. Houses, 24.

Elslack through time

Elslack 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 Elslack itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Elslack, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12426

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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