Pickhill, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1868.

PICKHILL:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1868.

"PICKHILL, a parish in the wapentakes of Hallikeld and Allertonshire, North Riding county York, 6 miles N.W. of Thirsk, its post town, and 2 from the Sinderby station on the North-Eastern line of railway. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Swale, and is chiefly agricultural. The parish comprises the townships of Holm, Ainderby-Quernhow, How, Sinderby, Pickhill, and Swainby. There are traces of a Saxon camp, and some fields called the Roman fields. The surface is undulating, and the soil consists partly of clay and partly of a sandy loam. The glebe comprises 21 acres in this parish and 13 in Wensley. The impropriation belongs to the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon, value £152, in the patronage of Trinity College, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient stone structure, with a tower. The parochial charities produce about £52 per annum. There is a school for both sexes. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. William Rutson, Esq., is lord of the manor."

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"AINDERBY QUERNHOW, a township in the parish of Pickhill, wapentake of Hallikeld, in the North Riding of the county of York, lying 6 miles to the S.W. of Thirsk. It is near the river Swale, and Leeming Lane, which is a station on the Leyburn branch of the North Eastern railway."

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"ALLERTHORPE, (or Allarthorpe), a township in the parish of Pickhill, and wapentake of Hallikeld, in the North Riding of the county of York, 4 miles to the S.E. of Bedale. It is a joint township with Swainby, and is near Leeming Lane and the river Swale."

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"HOLME, a township in the parish of Pickhill, wapentake of Allertonshire, North Riding county York, 5 miles W. of Thirsk, 6 S.E, of Bedale, and 9 N.E. of Ripon. It is united with Howgrave to form a township"

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"HOWE, a township in the parish of Pickhill, wapentake of Hallikeld, North Riding county York, 7 miles N.E. of Ripon, and 5 S.W. of Thirsk."

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"ROXBY, a township in the parish of Pickhill, wapentake of Hallikeld, North Riding county York, 6 miles N.W. of Thirsk."

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"SINDERBY, a township in the parish of Pickhill, wapentake of Hallikeld, North Riding county York, 6 miles S.W. of Thirsk, 7 N. of Ripon, and 1 mile E. of the Sinderby station, on the Northallerton branch of the North Eastern railway. The village, which is small, is situated near the river Swaile. The Wesleyans have a place of worship."

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"SWAINBY WITH ALLERTHORPE, a township in the parish of Pickhill, wapentake of Hallikeld, North Riding county York, 3 miles S.E. of Swainby, and 6½ S.E. of Bedale."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013