Hunton, North Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Hunton, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Patrick Brompton parish, N.R. Yorkshire. The village stands 2 miles N of Finghall Lane railway station, and 6 NW by W of Bedale, and has a post office under Bedale; money order and telegraph office, Newton-le-Willows. The township comprises 1910 acres; population, 322. The manor belongs to the Cowell family. The living is annexed to the vicarage of Patrick Brompton in the diocese of Ripon; net joint value, £230. Patron, the Bishop. The church, dedicated to St John, was rebuilt in 1794 and restored in 1892. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the North Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Hunton are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following North Riding newspapers online: