A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
HAMPOLE, or HAMPALL, a township in Adwick-le-Street parish, W. R.Yorkshire; 5 miles NW of Doncaster. Acres, 1, 420. Real property, £, 499. Pop., 160. Houses, 34. A Cistertian nunnery was founded here, in 1170, by William de Clarefai; and was given, at the dissolution, to Francis Aislaby. A chapel, on the site of the nunnery, was built by the late Lord Rendlesham; was intended, and for some time used, as a chapel of ease; but is now a Wesleyan chapel. There is an endowed school, with £15 a year.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Adwick le Street AP/CP Hampole Tn/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | HAMPALL | HAMPOLE | HAMPOLE OR HAMPALL |
| Place: | Hampole |
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