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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whitwell on the Hill like this:
WHITWELL-ON-THE-HILL, a township in Crambe parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 6 miles SW of New Malton. It has a post-office under York. Acres, 1,640. Real property, £2,431. Pop., 201. Houses, 31. A handsome small church was built here in 1860.
Whitwell on the Hill 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 Whitwell on the Hill itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whitwell on the Hill, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14462
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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