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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.
CAYTON, a township and a parish in Scarborough district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the coast, and on the Scarborough and Hull railway, 4 miles SSE of Scarborough; includes the hamlets of Deepdale and Killerby; and has a station on the railway. Acres, 1,208; of which 68 are water. Pop., 457. Houses, 131. The parish contains also the township of Osgodby; and its Post Town is Seamer under Scarborough. Acres, 2,583,-of which 153 are water. Real property, £5,206. Pop., 534. Houses, 111. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Seamer, in the diocese of York. The church is good; and has an embattled tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
(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: | Cayton CP Scarborough RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Cayton |
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