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A vision of Britain through time
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WHITKIRK, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Hunslet district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands ½ mile SE of Crossgates r. station, and 4 E of Leeds; and is ancient and interesting. The parish contains Austhorpe and Thorp-Stapleton townships, and chief parts of Seacroft and Templenewsam townships; includes 8 villages or hamlets; and has a post-office of Seacroft, and other post-offices, under Leeds. Acres, 5,930. Rated property, £9,141. Pop. in 1851, 2,794; in 1861, 3,032. Houses, 639. The property is much subdivided. W. Manor House, Manston Hall, Manston Lodge, Seacroft Grange, Seacroft Hall, Killingbeck Hall, Killingbeck Lodge, Austhorpe Hall, Austhorpe Lodge, and Templenewsam House are chief residences. A preceptory of Knights-Templars was at Templenewsam. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £202.* Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is of the time of Henry VII., and was restored in 1856. The vicarage of Seacroft is a separate benefice. There are two Wesleyan chapels, a national school, and charities £84--The sub-district includes Swillington parish, and comprises 8,690 acres. Pop., 3,978. Houses, 830.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Whitkirk AP Whitkirk SubD Hunslet RegD/PLPar/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Whitkirk |
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