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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whixley like this:
WHIXLEY, a village and a township in Great Ouseburn district, and a parish partly also in Kirk-Deighton district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 1¾ mile N of Cattal r. station, and 6 SE by S of Boroughbridge; and has a post-office under York. The township comprises 2,210 acres. Real property, £4,369. ...
Pop., 605. Houses, 125.—The parish contains two other townships, and comprises 3,470 acres. Pop., 954. Houses, 203. W. manor belongs to the governors of Tancred's hospital; and Green Hammerton manor, to R. H. Farrer, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £116.* Patrons, the Heirs-at-Law of the lateTancred, Esq. The church is early decorated English. There are four dissenting chapels, a parochial school, Tancred's hospital for 12 decayed gentlemen, and other charities £40.
Whixley 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 Whixley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whixley, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14463
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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