Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KILNWICK

KILNWICK, a township in Beverley district, and a parish partly also in Driffield district, E. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the Wolds, 3 miles NW of Lockington r. station, and 7 SSW of Great Driffield; and has a post office under Driffield. Acres, 2, 100. Pop., 272. Houses, 49. The parish contains also the townships of Lockington-in-Kilnwick, Beswick, and Bracken. Acres, exclusive of Lockington, 4, 355. Real property, exc. of L., £3, 648. Pop. of the whole, 693. Houses, 127. The manor, with Kilnwick Hall, belongs to Grimston, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £101. Patron,Grimston, Esq. The church is ancient, and has a Norman door and a tower. There is a national school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Driffield RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Kilnwick

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