Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ROUTH

ROUTH, a parish in Beverley district, E. R. Yorkshire; 4 miles E N E of Beverley r. station. Post-town, Beverley. Acres, 2, 382. Real property, £3,032. Pop., 172. Houses, 24. The manor belongs to Lord Londesborough. Remains of a buried oak forest are in low landshere; and about 600 trees were dug up, in 1838, withina space of 14 acres. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £470.* Patron, Lord Londesborough. The church is of the 14th century, and good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Routh AP/CP       Beverley RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Routh

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