Penhill, North Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Penhill, an eminence nearly 1800 feet high overhanging the lower part of Wensleydale, in the N.R. Yorkshire, 5½ miles SW by W of Leyburn. The top consists of gritstone, while the base and all the tract for miles around consists of limestone, and the hill commands an extensive view.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
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 Penhill are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following North Riding newspapers online: