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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Weston like this:
WESTON, a township and a parish in Otley district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Wharfe, 2 miles WNW of Otley r. station. Acres, 1,372. Real property, £1,940. Pop., 112. Houses, 19. The parish includes Askwith township, and comprises 4,552 acres. Post town, Otley. Pop., 450. Houses, 95. The manor is divided among three; and W. Hall is the seat ofDawson, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £104. Patron, W. V. Carter, Esq. The church is Norman and early English.
Weston 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 Weston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Weston, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14448
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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