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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.
HOOK, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Snaith parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Ouse, 1½ mile NNE of Goole r. station; and has a post office under Howden. -The township extends to Goole, and comprises 1, 740 acres. Real property, £6, 075. Pop. in 1851, 2, 159; in 1861, 2, 958. Houses, 672. The Goole workhouse is here; and, at the census of 1861, had 81 inmates. Hook moor is a meet for the Bramhammoor hunt.—The chapelry is comparatively small. Pop. in 1861, 415. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £130. Patron, the Right Hon. T. H. S. Estcourt. The church was restored in 1844. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £67.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Hook Ch/CP Snaith AP/Tn Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Hook |
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