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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kirk Smeaton like this:
SMEATON-KIRK, a parish, with a village, in Hemsworth district, W. R. Yorkshire; 2½ miles SW of Womersley r. station, and 5½ SE of Pontefract. Post town, Pontefract. Acres, 1,770. Real property, £3,326. Pop., 333. Houses, 75. The manor belongs to the Neviles. Smeaton Crags are picturesque. Traces exist of a Roman camp. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £370. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. The church is Norman. There is a slightly endowed school.
Kirk Smeaton 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 Kirk Smeaton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kirk Smeaton, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14241
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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