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.
ELLERTON-PRIORY, a parish in Howden district, E. R. Yorkshire; on the river Derwent, 3¼ miles NNW of Bubwith r. station, and 8½ NE by E of Selby. Post. town, Bubwith, under Howden. Acres, 2, 552. Real property, £3, 339. Pop., 338. Houses, 69. The property is divided among a few. A small priory of canons of the Sempringham order was founded here, about the year 1212, by Wiliam Fitz Piers. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £110. Patron, the Rev. J. D. Jefferson. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, alms-houses with £45, and other charities with £23.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Ellerton Priory AP/CP Howden RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Ellerton Priory |
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