In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Harswell like this:
HARSWELL, a parish in Pocklington district, E. R. Yorkshire; on the Selby and Market-Weighton railway, 3 ½ miles WSW of Market-Weighton. It has a postoffice under York, and a station, of the name of Harswell-Gate, on the railway. Acres, 1, 106. Real property, £921. Pop., 89. Houses, 13. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with most of the property, belongs to Sir Charles Slingsby, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £200.* Patron, SirSlingsby, Bart. Measures were mature in the latter part of 1865 for building a new church in 1866.
Harswell through time
Harswell is now part of East Riding of Yorkshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Riding of Yorkshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Harswell itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Harswell, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12843
Date accessed: 13th May 2024
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