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Gisburn in York County England History and GeographyGISBURN, a parish in the western division of the wapentake of STAINCLIFFE and EWCROSS, West riding of the county of YORK, comprising the townships of Gisburn, Gisburn-Forest, Horton, Middop, Nappa, Newsholme, Paythorne, Rimmington, and Swinden, and containing 2530 inhabitants, of which number, 690 are in the township of Gisburn, 10½ miles (W. by S.) from Skipton. The town is situated in a fertile plain, near the eastern bank of the river Ribble, and at a short distance from the borders of Lancashire. A market, which was formerly held here on Mondays, has been discontinued; but there is a market or fair for cattle every alternate Monday throughout the year, and fairs annually on Easter Monday and the 18th and 19th of September. In the township of Rimmington is a vein of lead-ore which contains a considerable portion of silver. A court leet for the manor is held annually in May, and another in November, at one of which a constable is appointed for the township. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £11. 6. 8., endowed with £200 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a neat edifice, including a nave, aisles, and a chancel, with a square tower, in the later style of English architecture; the windows are ornamented with stained glass. Here is a school with a small endowment for the education of seven poor children. On an eminence near the Ribble is a square fort, called Castle Haugh, and near it a barrow, in which was found a coarse earthen urn. indicating a burial-place of the ancient Britons. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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