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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hawnby like this:
HAWNBY, a township and a parish in Helmsley district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Rye, 6 miles NW of Helmsley, and 10 NE of Thirsk r. station; and has a post-office under York. Acres, 7,070. Real property, £992. Pop., 295. Houses, 76. The parish contains also the townships of Smilesworth, Daletown, Bilsdale, West-Side, and Arden-with-Ardenside. ...
Acres, 24,312. Real property, £5,297. Pop., 746. Houses, 161. The property is divided among a few. Much of the land is moor and part of the Hambleton Hills. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £200.* Patron, R. Tennant, Esq. The church was recently in disrepair. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
Hawnby 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 Hawnby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hawnby, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12867
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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