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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.
HAMMERTON (KIRK), a village and a township in Knaresborongh district, and a parish partly also in Tadcaster district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Nidd, near Hammerton r. station, 8 miles E of Knaresborongh; and has a post office under York. The township comprises 996 acres. Real property, £, 201. Pop., 310. Houses, 71. The parish includes also the township of Wilstrop, and comprises 2, 018 acres. Real property, £, 419. Pop., 400. Houses, 89. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Col. Thomson. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £132.* Patron, the Rev.N. Paulet. The church is ancient, in tolerable condition; and has parts of different dates and characters. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £6.
(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: | Tadcaster RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | HAMMERTON | HAMMERTON KIRK | KIRK HAMMERTON |
| Place: | Kirk Hammerton |
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