Place:Aldbrough (near Richmond), North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameAldbrough (near Richmond)
Alt namesAldbrough (near Richmond)source: from redirect
Aldboroughsource: from redirect
Aldbrough
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
North Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoStanwick St. John, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish of which it was part
Gilling West Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandwapentake in which it was located
Richmond Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district in which it was situated 1894-1974
Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Englandadministrative district covering the area since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog


NOTE: A Vision of Britain through Time lists 3 places named Aldborough (one in Norfolk, one in Suffolk, and one in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Aldborough (near Knaresborough)) and 2 places named Aldbrough (this one in the North Riding and another, Aldbrough (near Hull) in the East Riding). Check your sources before making your selection.


A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Aldbrough from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"ALDBROUGH, a township and a [registration] subdistrict in the [registration] district of Richmond, [North Riding of] Yorkshire. The township is in the parish of St. John Stanwick, on a tributary of the Tees, 7 miles N by E of Richmond; and has a post office under Darlington. Acres: 1,636. Real property: £3,099. Population: 420. Houses: 109. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
"The [registration] subdistrict comprises two entire parishes and part of a third. Acres: 11,996. Population: 1,706. Houses: 390."

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