Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WINTRINGHAM

WINTRINGHAM, a township and a parish in the district of Malton and E. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 3¼ miles SE of Rillington r. station, and 7 E by N of New Malton. Acres, 5,740. Real property, £5,878. Pop., 331. Houses, 53. The parish includes Knapton township, and comprises 8,480 acres. Post town, New Malton. Pop., 602. Houses, 100. The manor belongs to Sir G. Strickland , Bart. There are ancient British and Roman entrenchments. The living is a donative in the diocese of York. Value, not reported. Patron, Sir G. Strickland , Bart. The church was reported, in 1859, as bad. The p. curacy of Knapton is a separate benefice.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a township and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wintringham AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Wintringham

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