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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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HEMINGBROUGH, a village and a township in Howden district, and a parish partly also in Selby district, E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Ouse, near the influx of the Derwent, 1 mile SE of Cliff r. station, and 4 ESE of Selby; probably occupies the site of a Roman fort or station; was once a market town; and has a post office under Howden. The township comprises 1, 094 acres. Real property, £2, 425. Pop., 579. Houses, 141. The parish contains also the townships of Menthorpe-with-Bowthorpe, Brackenholme-withWoodall, Osgodby, South Duffield, and Cliff-cum-Lund, and the chapelry of Barlby. Acres, 10, 420. Real property, £17, 691. Pop. in 1 51, 2, 072; in 1861, 2, 297. Houses, 497. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the Wilsons. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £85. Patron, the Crown. The church is ancient, cruciform, and good; has a central tower and spire, 191 feet high, figuring beautifully in the landscape; shows fine architectural details, both externally and internally; was collegiate from 1426 till the Reformation; and contains a screen, an altar-tomb, and several monuments. The p. curacy of Barlby is a separate benefice. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £41 a year, and other charities with £42
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Hemingbrough |
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