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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hellifield like this:
HELLIFIELD, a township in Long Preston parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Ribble, and on the North Midland railway, 5 miles SSE of Settle. It has a station on the railway and a post office under Leeds. Acres, 3, 381. Real property, £3, 619. Pop., 272. Houses, 55. The manor belonged to Helge, the Saxon; passed to the Pereys and the Knolles; and belongs now to James Hammerton, Esq. Hellifield Peel, Mr. Hammerton's seat, was built in the time of Henry VI., and is said to have been originally moated.
Hellifield 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 Hellifield itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hellifield, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12880
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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