Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SALTON

SALTON, a township in Helmsley district, and a parish partly also in Malton district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Dore, 3½ miles N by E of Slingsby r. station, and 6½ W S W of Pickering; and has a post-office under York. Acres, 1, 730. Real property, £2, 940. Pop., 169. Houses, 28. The parish contains also the township of Brawby, and comprises 2, 530 acres. Pop., 384. Houses, 70. The manor belongs to J. Wood-all, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £140. Patron, J. Woodall, Esq.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Malton RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Salton

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