Place:Laskill Pasture, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameLaskill Pasture
Alt namesLaskill-Pasture
TypeSettlement
Coordinates54.3153°N 1.0789°W
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
North Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoHelmsley Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district of which the parish was a part 1894-1974
Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, Englanddistrict municipality in which it has been situated since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog


John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-1872) provides this description for Laskill Pasture:

"LASKILL-PASTURE, a township in Helmsley parish, [North Riding of] Yorkshire; on the river Rye, 6 miles NNW of Helmsley. Acres: 3,008. Population: 105. Houses: 16. The manor belongs to Lord Feversham. Here is a Quakers' chapel. Some substructions, supposed to be remains of a monastery, were discovered in 1855."

Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Laskill Pasture was part of Helmsley Rural District.

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