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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wighill like this:
WIGHILL, a parish, with a village, in Tadcaster district, W. R. Yorkshire; 2¾ miles N by W of Tadcaster r. station. Post town, Tadcaster. Acres, 2,588. Real property, £3,565. Pop., 280. Houses, 58. The manor, with W. Park, belongs to A. Montagu, Esq. Brook Hall is the seat of the Dawsons. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £150. Patron, A. Montagu, Esq. The church is Norman. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
Wighill 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 Wighill itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wighill, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14469
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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