Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KNAPTON

KNAPTON, a township-chapelry in Wintringham parish, E. R. Yorkshire; on the river Derwent, adjacent to the York and Scarborough railway, 6½ miles NE by E of New Malton. It has a station on the railway; and its post town iS Rillington, under York. Acres, 2, 740. Real property, £3, 213. Pop., 271. Houses, 47. Knapton Lodge is a chief residence. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £48. Patron, J. Tindall, Esq. The church is ancient, and has a bell turret. There are chapels for Quakers and Wesleyans.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township-chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Knapton CP/Tn       Wintringham AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Knapton

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