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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.
SKIPSEA, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in E. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the coast, 5½ miles N by W of Hornsea r. station; and comprises 1,680 acres of land, and 198 of water. Real property, £2,750. Pop., 444. Houses, 96. The parish contains also three other townships; and its Post town is Lowthorpe, under Hull. Acres, 5,974. Pop., 844. Houses, 173. The manor belongs to SirConstable. Extensive and interesting remains exist of a castle founded by Drogo the Saxon. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £.309. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church was thoroughly restored in 1865-6. There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans, a national school, and a Wesleyan day-school.—The sub-district excludes Bonwick township, which is in Skirlaugh district; includes Barmston parish, and parts of three other parishes; and is in Bridlington district. Pop., 1,939. Houses, 358.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Skipsea AP/CP Skipsea SubD Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Skipsea |
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