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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ryedale like this:
RYEDALE, a wapentake in N. R. Yorkshire; taking name from the valley of the Rye, and containing 16 parishes, and parts of 4 others. Acres, 127, 520. Pop. in 1851, 11, 381; in 1861, 19, 834. Houses, 4,047.
Ryedale 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 Ryedale itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ryedale, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17266
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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