Wensley, North Yorkshire

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Wensley is a village in North Yorkshire

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Wensley within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Wensley in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Wensley, par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., North-Riding Yorkshire - par. (containing Leyburn), 14,445 ac., pop. 2172; township, 2079 ac., pop. 322; vil., on river Ure, 1½ mile SW. of Leyburn; P.O.; the Ure is here crossed by a handsome 3-arched bridge; in vicinity is Wensley Hall, seat.

Wensley in the Domesday Book

A village in Land of Count Alan hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

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