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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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HILSTON, a parish in Patrington district, E. R. Yorkshire; on the coast, 8 miles N E by E of Hedon r. station. Post town, Aldborough, under Hull. Acres, 548. Real property, £679. Pop., 54. Houses, 8. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £70. Patron, Sir Tatton Sykes. The church has a fine Norman doorway, but was recently in bad condition. A brick octagonal tower stands on Hilston Mount; was built in 1762; and is 62 feet in circuit, and 50 feet high.
(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: | Hilston AP/CP Patrington RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Hilston |
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