Gargrave, West Riding

Description
Gargrave, a village, a township, and a parish in the W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, adjacent to the M.R., 4 1/2 miles. WSW of Skipton. It has a bridge over the Aire, a cotton mill, a station on the railway^ a post, money order, and telegraph.. office under Leeds, and a fair on 11 Dec. The parish contains also the townships of Eshton, Bank Newton, and Flasby-with-Winterburn. Acreage of Gargrave, 2641; population, 1296; of Eshton, 1111 acres; population, 76; of Bank Newton, 2339 acres; population, 90; of Flasby-with-Winterburn, 4340 acres; population, 163. Gargrave House and Eshton Hall are chief residences. Much of the land is pasture. A remarkable petrifying spring is near Eshton. Remains of a Roman villa, with tessellated pavement were found about half a mile from Gargrave village. The parish is a resort of sportsmen. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon; net value, £519 with residence. The church, with the exception of the tower, was rebuilt in 1851-52, and its beautiful stained glass windows illustrate the life of Christ. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.