A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BYLAND (Old), a parish in Helmsley district, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Rye, 4½ miles NW of Helmsley, and 5½ NNE of Coxwold r. station. Post Town, Helmsley, under York. Acres, 2,733. Real property, £1,942. Pop., 157. Houses, 30. A Cistertian Abbey, an offshoot from Furness, was founded here, in 1143, by Roger de Mowbray; but was removed, four years afterwards, to Byland-Abbey. The living is a donative in the diocese of York. Value, £55. Patron, G. Wombwell, Esq. The church is old.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Old Byland AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | BYLAND | BYLAND OLD | OLD BYLAND |
| Place: | Old Byland |
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