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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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ASKERN, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Campsall parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on a rocky eminence, bordering on a plain, adjacent to the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, 6¼ miles N of Doncaster; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Doncaster. It was, not long ago, a paltry hamlet; but is now a pretty place, with hotels and lodging-houses, much frequented by invalids and others, seeking benefit from medicinal waters and salubrious air. A sulphureous spa is here, by the side of a small, plain sheet of water, called Askern Pool; and possesses celebrity for the cure of rheumatism and scorbutic diseases. The British prince Ambrosins is said to have defeated and killed the Saxon leader Hengist on the neighbouring plain.-The township comprises 800 acres. Pop., 379. Houses, 84. The chapelry is conterminate with the township; and is a vicarage in the diocese of York, with income of £64,* in the patronage of the Archbishop. 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 village, a township, and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Askern CP/Tn Campsall AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Askern |
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