Forcett, North Riding : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Forcett. You may be able to find further references to Forcett in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Carkin and Forcett township Bartholomew
Forcett ecclesiastical district and hamlet Bartholomew
FORCETT a hamlet Imperial

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Forcett.

Place Type of entry Source
Barforth township Bartholomew
BARFORTH a township Imperial
CARKIN a township Imperial
EPPLEBY a township Imperial
OVINGTON, or Ovingham a township Imperial

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Stanwick St John 0 2
Eppleby 0 2
Caldwell 1 2
East Layton 0 2
Aldbrough 1 2
Cliffe 0 2
West Layton 0 2
Barforth 0 2
Melsonby 0 2
Ovington 0 2
Manfield 0 2
Hutton Magna 0 1
Piercebridge 2 2
High Coniscliffe 0 3
Ravensworth 1 4
Wycliffe 0 2
Headlam 0 2
Selaby Park 1 2
Barton 0 2
Winston 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Forcett. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
CARKIN AND FORCETT John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
FORCETT John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

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