Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RAMSGILL

RAMSGILL, a village and a chapelry in Kirkby-Malzeard parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Nidd, 5 miles N W by N of Pateley-Bridge r.station; was the birth-place of Eugene Aram; and is picturesque. The chapelry was constituted in 1844; and its post town is Pateley-Bridge, under Leeds. Pop., 523. Houses, 106. Gowthwaite Hall is a chief residence. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £140.* Patron, the Vicar of Masham. The church was built in 1842, is in the pointed style, and has a tower.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Kirkby Malzeard AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Ramsgill

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