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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Horsehouse like this:
HORSEHOUSE, a chapelry in Coverham parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Cover, 7 ½ miles S w of Middleham, and 8½ S W by S of Leyburn r. station. It has a post office under Bedale. The statistics are returned with the parish. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of Coverham, in the diocese of Ripon.
Horsehouse 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 Horsehouse itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Horsehouse, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25242
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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