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.
ROUNDHAY, a village and a township-chapelry in Barwick-in-Elmet parish, W. R. Yorkshire. Th-e village stands on the river Aire, 3½ miles N E of Leeds r. station; is a pretty place; and is chiefly edificed with handsome residences of Leeds merchants. The chapelry comprises 1, 630 acres. Post-town, Leeds. Real property, £5, 711. Pop., 570. Houses, 110. The manor belongs to W. N. Nicholson, Esq. There are stone quarries. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £225.* Patron, Mrs. Nicholson. The church was built in 1826, is in the early Tudor style, and has a tower and spire. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Barwick in Elmet and Scholes AP/CP Roundhay CP/Tn Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Roundhay |
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