In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lunds like this:
HELBECK-LUNDS, a hamlet and a chapelry in High Abbotside township, Aysgarth parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The hamlet lies near the source of the river Ure and the boundary with Westmoreland, 7 miles NW by W of Hawes, and 10 S by E of Kirkby-Stephen r. station. The chapelry contains also the hamlets of Birkriggs, Camhouses, and Litherskew. Post town, Hawes, under Bedale. Statistics, with the parish 'The surface is mountainous, and much of the scenery is grand. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of Hardlow, in the diocese of Ripon.
Additional information about this locality is available for Abbotside
Lunds through time
Lunds is now part of Richmondshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Richmondshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lunds itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lunds, in Richmondshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25083
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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