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WHIXLEY, a village and a township in Great Ouseburn district, and a parish partly also in Kirk-Deighton district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 1¾ mile N of Cattal r. station, and 6 SE by S of Boroughbridge; and has a post-office under York. The township comprises 2,210 acres. Real property, £4,369. Pop., 605. Houses, 125.—The parish contains two other townships, and comprises 3,470 acres. Pop., 954. Houses, 203. W. manor belongs to the governors of Tancred's hospital; and Green Hammerton manor, to R. H. Farrer, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £116.* Patrons, the Heirs-at-Law of the lateTancred, Esq. The church is early decorated English. There are four dissenting chapels, a parochial school, Tancred's hospital for 12 decayed gentlemen, and other charities £40.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kirkdeighton RegD Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Whixley |
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