In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Monk Fryston like this:
FRYSTONE (Monk), a township and a parish in Pontefract district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the Great Northern railway, near the junctions with it of other railways, ½ a mile S of Milford Junction r. station, and 6¼ miles NNE of Pontefract. Acres, 1, 470. Real property, £2, 783. ...
Pop., 560. Houses, 118. The parish contains also the townships of Hillam and Burton-Salmon. Post town, South Milford, Yorkshire. Acres, 4, 043. Real property, £6, 306. Pop., 1, 126. Houses, 247. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £300. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is tolerable; and there is a Wesleyan chapel. An endowed school has £10; and other charities £24.
Monk Fryston through time
Monk Fryston is now part of Selby district. Click here for graphs and data of how Selby has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Monk Fryston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Monk Fryston, in Selby and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12635
Date accessed: 23rd October 2024
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