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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.
FENWICK, a township and a chapelry in Campsall parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Wente, 2¾ miles NE by N of Askern r. station, and 5½ SW by S of Snaith. Acres, 2, 060. Real property, £3, 116. Pop., 244. Houses, 56. The chapelry is larger than the township, and was constituted in 1852. Post town, Askern, under Doncaster. Pop., 486. Houses, 112. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Askern, in the diocese of York. The church is small; and 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 chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Campsall AP/CP Fenwick CP/Tn Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Fenwick |
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