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MARKINGTON WITH WALLERTHWAITE 1848

An Extract From:  'Marham-Cherry - Marlborough', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), p257-260. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.

Markington, with Wallerthwaite 1848

MARKINGTON, with Wallerthwaite, a township, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, W. riding of York, 4 3⁄4 miles (S. S. W.) from Ripon; containing 510 inhabitants. The township comprises about 3000 acres of land, including that part of the pleasure-grounds of Studley Park in which stand the splendid ruins of Fountains Abbey, and the mansion of Fountains Hall. The village is situated west of the road from Ripon to Ripley. The hamlet of Wallerthwaite consists of a farm and a few cottages, and is distant about a mile eastward of Markington.

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High street 1
Cross Keys Inn
High Street
Chapple garth
The following pictures were kindly forwarded by Fred Start. He was evacuated to the village in 1940/41 and returned in 1967 when these photographs were taken.
Two views of the current location of Little Croft.
Austin Cambridge or is it a Morris Oxford.
View from the bridge
Anybody recognise these two.