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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ainsty like this:
AINSTY, a wapentake, bounded by the rivers Ure, Ouse, and Wharfe, in Yorkshire. It was originally a forest; was annexed, by Henry VI., to the city of York, as the county of the city; was made in 1837 a wapen take of the west riding; but, for parliamentary purposes, is in the north riding. It contains the parish of Acomb, fifteen other parishes, and parts of six others. Acres, 50,151. Pop. in 1851, 9,599; in 1861, 9,896. Houses, 2. 032.
Ainsty 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 Ainsty itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ainsty, in North Yorkshire and Yorkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21659
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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