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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Harlsey like this:
HARLSEY (WEST), a township in Osmotherley parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 1¼ mile SSW of East Harlsey, Acres, 1,410. Real property, £1,410. Pop., 61. Houses, 7. Harlsey Castle here was built by Judge Strangeways, and is now a ruin.
West Harlsey 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 West Harlsey itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Harlsey, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12833
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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