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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Westerdale like this:
WESTERDALE, a parish in Guisbrough district, N. R. Yorkshire; 2½ miles SSW of Castleton r. station, and 7½ SE of Guisbrough. Post town, Castleton, under Yarm. Acres, 15,930. Real property, £2,470; of which £18 are in mines. Pop., 279. Houses, 59. The manor, with W. Hall, belongs to the Hon. ...
Col. Duncombe. Baysdale Abbey belongs to Lord Boyne. Much of the land is moor and mountain. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £200.* Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, and an endowed school with £15 a year.
Westerdale 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 Westerdale itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Westerdale, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14447
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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