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.
SLINGSBY, a parish, with a village, in Malton district, N. R. Yorkshire; on the Thirsk and Driffield railway, 7 miles W by N of New Malton. It has a post-office under York, and a r. station. Acres, 2,363. Real property, £3,403. Pop., 707. Houses, 139. The manor belonged anciently to the Slingsbys, and belongs now to the Earl of Carlisle. S. Castle was founded, about the end of the 11th century, by the Mowbrays; was rebuilt, about 1603, by SirCavendish; and is now a massive moated ruin, about 120 feet long, 90 feet wide, and 40 feet high. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £557.* Patron, the Earl of Carlisle. The church was partly rebuilt in 1835. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a slightly endowed school, and charities £8.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Slingsby AP/CP Malton RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Slingsby |
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