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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Exelby like this:
EXELBY, LEEMING, and NEWTON, a township in Burneston parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles SW of Bedale. Acres, 2, 331. Real property, £5, 306. Pop., 780. Houses, 179.
Exelby 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 Exelby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Exelby, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12441
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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