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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Morton upon Swale like this:
MORTON-UPON-SWALE, a township in AinderbySteeple parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the Leyburn railway, 3¼ miles WSW of Northallerton. Acres, 1,533. Real property, £2,433; of which £50 are in the railway. Pop., 286. Houses, 60.
Morton upon Swale 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 Morton upon Swale itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Morton upon Swale, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13743
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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