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FRYSTONE (Monk), a township and a parish in Pontefract district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the Great Northern railway, near the junctions with it of other railways, ½ a mile S of Milford Junction r. station, and 6¼ miles NNE of Pontefract. Acres, 1, 470. Real property, £2, 783. Pop., 560. Houses, 118. The parish contains also the townships of Hillam and Burton-Salmon. Post town, South Milford, Yorkshire. Acres, 4, 043. Real property, £6, 306. Pop., 1, 126. Houses, 247. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £300. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is tolerable; and there is a Wesleyan chapel. An endowed school has £10; and other charities £24.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Monk Fryston CP/Ch Pontefract RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
Place names: | FRYSTONE | FRYSTONE MONK | MONK FRYSTONE |
Place: | Monk Fryston |
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