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.
EDSTONE (Great), a township and a parish in Helmsley district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Dove, 2½ miles SSE of Kirkby-Moorside, and 6 W by S of Pickering r. station. . Acres, 1, 190. Real property, £2, 123. Pop., 135. Houses, 27. The parish contains also the township of North Holme; and its post town is Kirkby-Moorside, under York. Acres, 1,800. Real property, £3, 032. Pop., 152. Houses, 29. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £188.* Patron, G. W. Dowker, Esq. The church is good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel. The parish shares in Lady Lumley's charities.
(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: | Great Edstone AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | EDSTONE | EDSTONE GREAT | GREAT EDSTONE |
| Place: | Great Edstone |
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