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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hessay like this:
HESSAY, a township in Monkton-Moor parish, E. R. Yorkshire; on the York and Harrogate railway, 5¼ miles WNW of York. It has a station on the railway. Acres, 1, 120. Real property, £1, 626. Pop., 127. Houses, 28. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Hessay is now part of YORK Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how YORK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hessay itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hessay, in York and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12896
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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