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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Well like this:
WELL, a township and a parish in Bedale district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 4½ miles S of Bedale r. station. Real property, £1,894. Pop., 371. Houses, 87. The parish contains also Snape township, with a post-office under Bedale; and comprises 6,451 acres. Pop., 963. Houses, 214. ...
The property is divided among a few. Thorp Perrow is the residence of M. Milbank, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £310.* Patron, F. A. Milbank, Esq. The church was restored in 1854. There are a Wesleyan chapel, three endowed schools with £114 a year, and an ancient hospital for 16 persons with £195 a year.
Well 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 Well itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Well, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14442
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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