Acomb, West Riding

Description
Acomb, a large village, a township, and a parish in the W. R. Yorkshire. For parliamentary purposes it is included in the North Riding. The township lies 2 miles W of York, and has a post and money order office under that city. The parish includes also most of the township of Knapton, and is traversed by the N.E.R, Acreage, 1680; population of the civil parish, 2181; of the ecclesiastical, 2241. An eminence called Severns' Hill is traditionally said to have been the place where the body of the Emperor Severns was consumed to ashes. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; net value, £165 with residence. The church is old, but good. There are Wesleyan, Primitive and United Free Methodist chapels. Brickmaking is carried on. The waterworks supplying York are in the parish. The great majority of the inhabitants are artisans employed by the N.E.R. Co.