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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lunds like this:
HELBECK-LUNDS, a hamlet and a chapelry in High Abbotside township, Aysgarth parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The hamlet lies near the source of the river Ure and the boundary with Westmoreland, 7 miles NW by W of Hawes, and 10 S by E of Kirkby-Stephen r. station. The chapelry contains also the hamlets of Birkriggs, Camhouses, and Litherskew. Post town, Hawes, under Bedale. Statistics, with the parish 'The surface is mountainous, and much of the scenery is grand. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of Hardlow, in the diocese of Ripon.
Lunds 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 Lunds itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lunds, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25083
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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