Long Preston Supplementary

In 1822, the following places were in
the Parish of Long Preston:

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"ARNFORD, a single house in the township of Hellifield, and parish of Long Preston, liberty of Staincliffe; 6½ miles SSW. of Settle."

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"DEEP DALE HEAD, a single house in the township of Wigglesworth, and parish of Long Preston, liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Gisburn, 6½ miles S. of Settle."

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"HALTON WEST, in the parish of Long Preston, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; (Halton Place, the seat of John Yorke, Esq.) 7 miles S. of Settle, 12 from Skipton, 15 from Colne, (Lanc.) Pop. 190.

This village gave name to a very ancient family, which bore, Argent, two bars Azure, the last heiress of whom, 3rd Richard III, added it to the great estate of the Talbots, of Bashall, by marrying Sir Thomas Talbot, Knight. Halton remained in the Talbot family till their extinction, about the year 1660. It is now, by purchase, the property of John Yorke, Esq. who has greatly enhanced the value of the estate, by judicious improvements. --Whitaker's Craven."

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"HELLIFIELD, (or Hellifield Cockins) in the parish of Long Preston, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 6½ miles SE. of Settle, 9½ from Skipton, 12½ from Colne, (Lanc.) Pop. 279."

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"HELLIFIELD PEEL, the seat of James Hamerton, Esq. in the township of Hellifield and parish of Long Preston, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe." (There is further information for Hellifield Peel).

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"LITTLE NEWTON, a single house in the township of Hellifield, and parish of Long Preston, liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles SE. of Settle."

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"LONG GILL, 2 farm-houses in the township of Wigglesworth, and parish of Long Preston, liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles from Settle."

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"MEER BECK, (or Meer Sykes) 4 farm-houses in the township of Settle, one being in the parish of Long Preston, the other three, in that of Giggleswick, 2 miles from Settle, 14 from Skipton."

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"SCALES, a single house in the township of Halton West, and parish of Long Preston, liberty of Staincliffe; 6½ miles S. of Settle."

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"THORNBER HOUSE, a single house in the township of Halton West, and parish of Long Preston, liberty of Staincliffe; 7½ miles S. of Settle."

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"WIGGLESWORTH, in the parish of Long Preston, west-division and liberty of Staincliffe; 5 miles S. of Settle, 13 from Skipton and Colne, (Lanc.) Pop. 479.

Here is a School, free for all the Children in the township, founded by Lawrence Clark, about the year 1800."