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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Helperby like this:
HELPERBY, a township in Brafferton parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Swale, 3½ miles NE of Boroughbridge. It has a post office under York. Acres, 1, 900. Real property, £4, 134. Pop., 639. Houses, 161.
Helperby 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 Helperby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Helperby, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12884
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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