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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Healey like this:
HEALEY, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Masham parish, N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 2 miles W by S of Masham, and 6¾ S of Finghall Lane r. station; and has a post office under Bedale.-The township bears the name of Healey-with-Sutton. Acres, 4, 827. Real property, £2, 617. ...
Pop., 317. Houses, 65.—The chapelry was constituted in 1849. Rated property, £4, 364. Pop., 900. Houses, 214. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Admiral Harcourt. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £185.* Patron, the Vicar of Masham. The church was built in 1848, and is a cruciform edifice, with tower and spire. There is a free school.
Healey 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 Healey itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Healey, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12873
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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