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Aberford, a small town in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in the wapentake of Skyrack and parish of Aberford, 185 miles from London and 15 miles south-west from York. The town consists chiefly of a long street on the south side of the river Cock. The parish church has accommodation for about 600 persons. The living is a vicarage, in the deanery of the City and Ainsty, and the diocese of York, and in the gift of Oriel College, Oxford, and of the net annual value of £305. In 1833 there were three daily schools, one of which was a national school containing 90 children, partly supported by an endowment. of £10 a year given by Lady Elizabeth Hastings. The population of the township in 1831 was 644 ; in 1841 it was 782. |
Old Towns is a resource of 19th century English historical data, extracted and digitized from articles written between 1833 and 1848 which were originally published in 'The Penny Magazine' by The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. |