Scriven with Tentergate, West Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Scriven-with-Tentergate, a township in Knaresborough parish, W.R. Yorkshire, on the river Nidd, 1 mile N by W of Knaresborough station on the N.E.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Knaresborough. Acreage, 1759; population, 615. The manor belonged anciently to the Scrivens, passed in the time of Henry III. to the Slingsbys, and belongs now to the Queen. Conyngarth Saxon camp and Gateshill Danish camp are near.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
Civil parish | Knaresborough | |
Riding | West | |
Wapentake | Claro |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Scriven with Tentergate from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the West Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following West Riding newspapers online: