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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Howsham like this:
HOWSHAM, a township in Scrayingham parish, E. R. Yorkshire; on the river Derwent, adjacent to the York and Malton railway, 6½ miles SSW of New Malton. Acres, 2, 056. Real property, £2, 900. Pop., 188. Houses, 33. The property belonged to Kirkham priory; was given, at the dissolution, to the Eires; and passed to the Bamburghs and the Cholmleys. ...
Howsham Hall was built, by Thomas Bambnrgh, out of the materials of the old priory; is now the seat of the Cholmleys; and is a quadrangular edifice in the Tudor style. A stone bridge is here over the Derwent. A.church was built at Howsham in 1860, at a cost of nearly £3, 000, by Mrs. Cholmley, as a memorial of her husband, the late Col. Cholmley; is in the geometrical, middle pointed style; and consists of nave and chancel, with porch and tower.
Howsham 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 Howsham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Howsham, in North Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13023
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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