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.
BROOMFLEET, or Bromfleet, a township and a chapelry in South Cave parish, E. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Humber, the Market-Weighton canal, and the Hull and Selby railway, 3¼ miles ESE of Staddlethorpe r. station, and 8½ E by S of Howden. Post Town, Brough. Acres, 1,851; of which 708 are water. Real property, £2,452. Pop., 193. Houses, 42. The railway crosses the canal here on a bridge with a cast-iron span of 70 feet. The chapelry is more extensive than the township. Pop., 600. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £146.* Patron, Mrs. Barnard. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Broomfleet With Faxfleet CP/Tn South Cave CP/AP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | BROMFLEET | BROOMFLEET | BROOMFLEET OR BROMFLEET |
| Place: | Broomfleet |
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