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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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BRIGNALL, a parish in Teesdale district and N. R. Yorkshire; near the Tees, on an affluent of that river, 3½ miles SE of Barnard Castle r. station. It contains part of Greta-Bridge, which has a post office under Darlington. Acres, 2,037. Real property, £2,162. Pop., 193. Houses, 38. The property is all in one estate. A Roman camp is adjacent to Greta-Bridge; and a Roman road went thence to the Tees at Pierse-Bridge, and to the Swale at Catterick-Bridge. The scenery is picturesque; and runs up to Scargill cliff and woods, sung by Scott in his "Rokeby." Brignall banks themselves are thus sung in that poem:
O Brignall banks are wild and fair,
And Greta woods are green;
And yon may gather garlands there
Would grace a summer queen.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £380. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old and tolerable.
(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: | Brignall AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Brignall |
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