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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Eshton like this:
ESHTON, a township in Gargrave parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near the Leeds and Liverpool-canal, 5 miles NW of Skipton. It has a post office under Skipton. Acres, 1, 160. Real property, £1, 356. Pop., 81. Houses, 12 Eshton Hall belonged to the Bindlosses, and passed to the Wilsons.
Eshton 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 Eshton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Eshton, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12436
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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