In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hetton like this:

HETTON-WITH-BOARDLEY, a township in-Burnsall parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 4½ miles NW by N of Skipton. Acres, 5, 269. Real property, £3, 020. Pop., 155. Houses, 33.

Hetton through time

Hetton 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 Hetton itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hetton, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12898

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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