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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.
WRESSELL, a parish, with four hamlets, and with a r. station, in Howden district, E. R. Yorkshire; on the river Derwent, and on the Hulland Selby railway, 3¾ miles N W of Howden. Post town, Howden. Acres, 3,705. Real property, £4,786. Pop., 423. Houses, 74. The manor belonged at Domesday to G. Tyson; and passed before 1315 to the Percys, and in 1750 to the Wyndhams. W. Castle was built in 1380-90 by the Percys; formed a princely quadrangle, with towers; was dismantled by parliament in 1650, and burnt in 1796; and is now represented by only the ruin of one of its four sides. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £157.* Patron, Lord Leconfield. The church is old but good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with four hamlets, and with a r station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Wressell AP/CP Howden RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Wressell |
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