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BURTON-AGNES, a township and a parish in Bridington district, E. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the Hull and Scarborough railway, 5¼ miles SW of Bridington; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Hull. Acres, 2,499. Real property, £4,035. Pop., 344. Houses, 61. The parish contains also the townships of Haisthorpe, Thornholme, and Gransmoor. Acres, 6,409. Real property, £9,098. Pop., 723. Houses, 119. The property is divided between two. Burton-Agnes Hall is the seat of Sir H. Boynton, Bart.; was built by Inigo Jones; and stands on a fine slope of the Wolds, forming a striking object from the railway. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Harpham, in the diocese of York. Value, £897.* Patron, the Hon. and Rev. A. Duncombe. The church has a nave of three bays, and a good western tower; contains a Norman font, an altar-tomb of 1336, and a tomb with effigies of 1481; and was restored by Archdeacon Robert Wilberforce. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £21 a year, and charities £40.
(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: | Burton Agnes CP/AP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Burton Agnes |
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