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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.
TEMPLENEWSAM, a township, with seven villages or hamlets, in Whitkirk and Leeds parishes, W. R. Yorkshire; 4 miles E by S of Leeds. Acres, 3,097. Real property, £12,834; of which £4,329 are in mines. Pop., 1,606. Houses, 372. The manor belonged, in the 12th century, to W. de Villiers; was given by him to the Knights Templars; went, at their suppression, to Sir John Darcy; passed, in the time of Henry VIII., to the Earl of Lennox; was then the birth-place of Lord Darnley, husband of Mary Queen of Scots; went, in the time of James I., to the Duke of Richmond; passed soon to Sir A. Ingram; and belongs now to H.Ingram, Esq.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township, with seven villages or hamlets" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Leeds AP/CP Templenewsham CP/Tn Whitkirk AP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Templenewsham |
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