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Yearsley

YEARSLEY, a township, in the parish of Coxwold, union of Easingwould, wapentake of Birdforth, N. riding of York, 5½ miles (N. E. by E.) from Easingwould; containing 176 inhabitants. The township comprises 2764a. 2r. 7p., of which 496 acres are arable, 2085 meadow and pasture, and 184 woodland and common. The tithes have been commuted for £403, payable to Trinity College, Cambridge. A chapel of ease was built in 1839, by George Wombwell, Esq.

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

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