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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Grantley like this:
GRANTLEY, a township in Ripon parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 5½ miles WSW of Ripon town and r. station. It has a post office under Ripon; and it gives the title of Baron to the family of Norton. Acres, 743. Real property, with Eaveston, £2, 849. Pop., 235. Houses, 55. Grantley Hall is the seat of Lord Grantley. The township is a chapelry united to Winksley, in the diocese of Ripon.
Grantley 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 Grantley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Grantley, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12741
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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