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Snydale

SNYDALE, a township, in the parish of Normanton, Lower division of the wapentake of Agbrigg, W. riding of York, 4 miles (W. by S.) from Pontefract; containing 138 inhabitants. The township comprises by computation 1300 acres, and is chiefly the property of James Whitwell Torre, Esq., whose seat, Snydale Hall, is a handsome residence. Rent-charges have been awarded as commutations for the tithes; £108 are payable to Trinity College, Cambridge, £54 to certain impropriators, and £26 to the vicar. There is a glebe of 6½ acres.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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