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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Heck like this:
HECK, or Hick, a township in Snaith parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Goole canal, 3½ miles W by S of Snaith. It contains the hamlets of Great Heck and Little Heck; and has a Wesleyan chapel. Acres, 1, 740. Real property, £1, 891. Pop., 278. Houses, 58.
Heck 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 Heck itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Heck, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12879
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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