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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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ROMALDKIRK, a village, a township, and a parish, in the district of Teesdale and N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Tees at the boundary with Durham, 5 miles N W of Barnard-Castle r. station; is a polling-place; and has a post-office‡ under Darlington, and fairs on the first Thursday of April and Oct. The township comprises 1, 470 acres. Real property, £1, 675. Pop., 327. Houses, 71. The parish contains also the townships of Cotherston, Hunderthwaite, Mickleton, Lunedale, Holwick, and Lartington; and extends to the boundary with Westmoreland. Acres, 53, 776. Pop. in 1851, 2, 599; in 1861, 2, 714. Houses, 524. The manor belongs to the rector. Much of the land is moor and mountain. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £750.* Patron, J. Bowes, Esq. The church is early English and cruciform; has a pinnacled tower; and contains a fine piscina and a monument of1320 to Sir H. Fitzhugh. The p. curacy of Laithkirk is a separate benefice. There are an Independent chapel, a national school with £20 a year from endowment, alms-houses for six persons, and other charities £27.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Romaldkirk CP/AP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Romaldkirk |
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