Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SYKEHOUSE

SYKEHOUSE, a chapelry in Fishlake parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 4 miles SSW of Snaith r. station. It has a post-office under Selby. Acres, 3,220. Real property, £5,735. Pop., 623. Houses, 142. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £314. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church is good. Charities, £22.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Fishlake AP/CP       Sykehouse Ch/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Sykehouse

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