Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOLGATE

HOLGATE, a township in St. Mary-Bishops hillJunior parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Ouse, near York. Acres, 250. Real property, £2, 076. Pop., 170. Houses, 30. Lindley Murray, the grammarian, lived and died here.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Holgate

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