Hampsthwaite, West Riding

Description
Hampsthwaite, a village, a township, and a parish in the W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Nidd, adjacent to the Nidd Valley railway, 2 miles SW of Ripley, and 4 NW of Harrogate, and has a station on the railway, a bridge over the Nidd, and a post office under Leeds; money order and telegraph office, Birstwith. Acreage of the township, 1138; population, 390. The parish contains also the township of Felliscliffe. Acreage, 11, 907; population of the civil parish, 1799; of the ecclesiastical, 684. The Duke of Devonshire is lord of the manor. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon; net value, £300 with residence. The church is an oblong edifice in the Pointed style, has an embattled tower, was rebuilt in 1821, and contains an ancient font and a few mural monuments. The vicarages of Birstwith and Thomthwaite are separate benefices. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a reading-room, and a village room erected in 1890.