Holwick, North Riding of Yorkshire

Historical Description

Holwick, a village and a township in the ecclesiastical parish of Laithkirk, N.R. Yorkshire. The village is near the river Tees at Wynch Bridge, which joins the counties of Durham and York, and High Force Waterfall, 12 miles NW of Bamard Castle, and 2½ from Middleton-in-Teesdale station on the N.E.R.. and occupies an interesting site amid romantic scenery. The township contains also the hamlets of Lonton and Crosthwaite. Post town, Darlington; money order and telegraph office, Middleton-in-Teesdale. Acreage, 5812, including 46 of water; population, 237. The Earl of Strathmore is lord of the manor. Service is held in the school chapel. There is also a Primitive Methodist chapel. Extensive whin quarries are in the township.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Holwick from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Holwick)

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the North Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following North Riding newspapers online:

• York Herald
• Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough
• Yorkshire Gazette
• Yorkshire Evening Press
• Whitby Gazette