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Gisburn, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1835.
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GISBURN:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1835.
"GISBURN, a parish in the western division of the wapentake of STAINCLIFFE-AND-EWCROSS, West riding of the county of YORK, comprising the townships of Gisbum, Gisburn-Forest, Horton, Middop, Nappa, Newsholme, Paythorne, Rimmington, and Swinden, and containing 2530 inhabitants, of which number, 690 are in the township of Gisburn, 10 miles S.W. 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.."
"GISBURN FOREST, a township in the parish of GISBURN, western division of the wapentake of STAINCLIFFE-and-EWCROSS, West riding of the county of YORK, 8 miles S. from Settle, containing 457 inhabitants."
"HORTON, a township in the parish of GISBURN, western division of the wapentake of STAINCLIFFE and EWCROSS, West riding of the county of YORK, 9 miles S.W. from Skipton, containing 187 inhabitants."
"MIDDOP, a township in the parish of GISBURN, western division of the wapentake of STAINCLIFFE and EWCROSS, West riding of the county of YORK, 5 miles W.N.W. from Colne, containing 100 inhabitants. A school, erected by subscription on the waste, was endowed, in 1819, by the Rev. Thomas Bland, with money now producing about £10 per annum."
"NAPPA, a township in the parish of GISBURN, western division of the wapentake of STAINCLIFFE and EWCROSS, West riding of the county of YORK, 8 miles S.S.E. from Settle, containing 44 inhabitants."
"NEWSHOLME, a township in the parish of GISBURN, western division of the wapentake of STAINCLIFFE-and-EWCROSS, West riding of the county of YORK, 9 miles S.E. from Settle, containing 75 inhabitants."
"PAYTHORNE, a township in the parish of GISBURN, western division of the wapentake of STAINCLIFFE-and-EWCROSS, West riding of the county of YORK, 9 miles S. from Settle, containing 242 inhabitants."
"RIMMINGTON, a township in the parish of GISBURN, western division of the wapentake of STAINCLIFFE-and-EWCROSS, West riding of the county of YORK, 5 miles N.E. from Clitheroe, containing 698 inhabitants."
"SWINDEN, a township in the parish of GISBURN, western division of the wapentake of STAINCLIFFE-and-EWCROSS, West riding of the county of YORK, 7 miles S.E. from Settle, containing 37 inhabitants."
"TOSSIDE, (or TOSSET) a chapelry in the parish of GISBURN, western division of the wapentake of STAINCLIFFE-and-EWCROSS, West riding of the county of YORK, 1 miles S.S.W. from Settle. The population is returned with the parish. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, endowed with £ 800 royal bounty., and in the patronage of the Vicar of Gisburn. The chapel is dedicated to St. Bartholomew."
[Transcribed by Mel Lockie © from
Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835]