In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hawnby like this:
HAWNBY, a township and a parish in Helmsley district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Rye, 6 miles NW of Helmsley, and 10 NE of Thirsk r. station; and has a post-office under York. Acres, 7,070. Real property, £992. Pop., 295. Houses, 76. The parish contains also the townships of Smilesworth, Daletown, Bilsdale, West-Side, and Arden-with-Ardenside. ...
Acres, 24,312. Real property, £5,297. Pop., 746. Houses, 161. The property is divided among a few. Much of the land is moor and part of the Hambleton Hills. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £200.* Patron, R. Tennant, Esq. The church was recently in disrepair. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
Hawnby through time
Hawnby is now part of Ryedale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ryedale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hawnby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hawnby, in Ryedale and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12867
Date accessed: 01st June 2024
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