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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Strensall like this:
STRENSALL, a parish in the district of York and N. R. Yorkshire; on the York and Scarborough railway, 6¼ miles NNE of York. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office under York. Acres, 2,212. Real property, £3,351. Pop., 406. Houses, 97. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £300.* Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church was rebuilt in 1866.
Strensall is now part of YORK Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how YORK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Strensall itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Strensall, in York and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14297
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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