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From: "Justine" <>
Subject: Re: Bilsdale
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 21:58:23 +0100
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I have just been told that it is possible to buy the entire ( Genuki only
have part of it ) Langdale' 1822 Topography from :
www.yorkshireancestors.com

I know they also have other newly released trade directories , poll books
etc so may be well worth a look .

Best Wishes
Jus

© Justine Cornforth 1999, 2000, 2001. All rights reserved.
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From: "Justine" <>
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Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: Bilsdale


> Dear Gwendolyn,
>
> I was fortunate enough to ride up Bilsdale on a GEN trip 2 weeks ago.
> Bilsdale is a very large area made up of several villages along a valley.
It
> was a glorious drive along a twisting road below the hill. It does indeed
> have a handful of TINY villages including Chop Gate , Urra, Seave Green
and
> Fangdale Beck ( and I would also say that Hawnby and part of Helmsley/
> Pockley was in Bilsdale ) . They certainly are not towns !!!! They only
have
> a handful of cottages in each !! If my memory serves me correct Chop Gate
> was the larger of the villages and had a school and Fangdale seemed to be
no
> more than a cluster of houses.
> However the bulk of the road was littered with small farms ...in places
> there were three or four within shouting distance. The road along Bilsdale
I
> would estimate covered 12+ miles with several miles either side so it is a
> large area.
>
> It was STUNNINGLY beautiful and we had a fantastic day to drive along such
a
> lovely road with the roof down and the breeze in our hair !!
>
> Janice Wood gave me the "official" information below which may help to
> clarify things for you.
>
> Here is an extract from Langdale' 1822 Topography, the transcripts can be
> found on http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/NRY/Helmsley/more.html
>
> "BILSDALE KIRKHAM, a hamlet in the parish of Helmsley, and wapentake of
> Rydale; 10 miles from Helmsley. Population included in Bilsdale-Midcable.
> The Church is a perpetual curacy, value, p.r. 60L. 15s. 0d. Patron, the
> Vicar of Helmsley
>
> "BILSDALE MIDCABLE, (or Bilsdale East Side), a township in the parish of
> Helmsley, & wapentake of Rydale; 7 miles NNW. of Helmsley. Here is a
church
> under Helmsley, incumbent the Rev. John Dixon, in the gift of the vicar of
> Helmsley, likewise a Meeting-house for the Society of Friends. Population,
> including Bilsdale Kirkham, 780. (see also next paragraph)
> BILSDALE MIDCABLE, in the parish of Helmsley, is a chapelry on the east
side
> of Ryedale extending 7 to 12 miles N by W of Helmsley including the
hamlets
> of Crosett and Chapel-Yate. 759 inhabitants 8380 acres of land. Lord
> Feversham is Lord of the Manor. Stoadfast Hill on the moors is the site of
a
> Druids' Temple. It was discovered in 1824. The Chapel of Ease (St Hilda)
is
> the head of a deep romantic dale 6 miles S by E of Stokesley. [Description
> from White's 1840 gazetteer]"
>
> Best Wishes
> Jus
>
> © Justine Cornforth 1999, 2000, 2001. All rights reserved.


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