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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kettleness like this:
KETTLENESS, a hamlet in Lythe township and parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the coast, at the SE side of Runswick bay, 6 miles NW of Whitby. Here are alum works belonging to the Marquis of Normanby. Here also are fossiliferous cliffs, parts of which took fire and burned for two years.
Kettleness 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 Kettleness itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kettleness, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25243
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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