A vision of Britain through time
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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.
WYKEHAM, a parish, with two hamlets, in Scarborough district, N. R. Yorkshire; 3¼ miles N by W of Ganton r. station, and 6¼ SW of Scarborough. It has a post-office under York. Acres, 7,535. Real property, £4,360. Pop. in 1851, 643; in 1861, 521. Houses, 105. The manor belongs to Viscount Downe. A Cistertian nunnery was founded here, about 1153, by Pain Fitz-Osbert. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, not reported. Patron, Viscount Downe. The church is recent; and there are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with two hamlets" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Wykeham AP/CP Scarborough RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Wykeham |
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