In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cawthorn like this:
CAWTHORN, a township in Middleton parish, N. R Yorkshire; 3½ miles NNW of Pickering. Acres, 1,540Pop., 33. Houses, 3. Here are four Roman camps, in good preservation; one of them square and double-ditched; another, nearly oval, 850 feet long and 320 broad. Some British tumuli are near.
Cawthorn through time
Cawthorn is now part of Ryedale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ryedale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cawthorn itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cawthorn, in Ryedale and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11996
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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