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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kilnsey like this:
KILNSAY, a village in Coniston-with-Kilnsay township, Burnsall parish, W. R. Yorkshire; in the valley of the Wharfe, 12 miles N of Skipton. It has a post office under Skipton, and two inns; and it was the place to which the monks of Fountains abbey sent their flocks annually to be shorn. Kilnsay Crag, in its vicinity, consists of limestone; is about 160 feet high, and nearly half a mile long; and exhibits such a greatly water worn base as indicates ancient sea-erosion along the valley.
Kilnsey 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 Kilnsey itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kilnsey, in North Yorkshire and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25490
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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