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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Glusburn like this:
GLUSBURN, a township in Kildwick parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Aire, near the Leeds and Liverpool canal, 4 miles S of Skipton. It contains the village of Crosshills. Acres, 1, 516. Real property, £5, 133; of which £730 are in mines. Pop., 1, 475. Houses, 306. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.
Glusburn 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 Glusburn itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Glusburn, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12734
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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