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.
WYCLIFFE, a parish in the district of Teesdale and N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Tees, 3½ miles SSW of Winston r. station, and 5¼ E by S of Barnard-Castle. Post town, Darlington. Acres, 2,162. Rated property, £2,137. Pop., 162. Houses, 28. The manor, with W. Hall, belongs to Sir T. A.Constable, Bart. Wycliffe, or John de Wycliffe, the "Morning Star of the Reformation,'' was a native; and his family were settled here from the Norman conquest till 1606. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £46.* Patron, Sir T. A.Constable, Bart. The church was restored in 1850. The rectory house contains an original portrait of Wycliffe by Sir Antonio More, given by Dr. Zouch, and h and ed down as an heirloom from each rector to his successor. There is a Roman Catholic chapel.
(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: | Wycliffe With Thorpe AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Wycliffe |
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