A vision of Britain through time
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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.
SKIPWITH, a township and a parish in the district of Selby and N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 3½ miles N of Duffield-Gate r. station, and 5 NE of Selby; has traces of possession by the ancient Britons; was held by Patrick de Schwywyc immediately after the Norman conquest; and gives name to the Skipwiths of Newbold. Acres, 2,569. Real property, £2,006. Pop., 299. Houses, 61. The parish contains also the township of North Duffield, and comprises 5,789 acres. Post town, Selby. Pop., 769. Houses, 157. The property is sub-divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £300. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good, and has a Saxon tower. There are an endowed school with £14 a year, and charities £21.
(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: | Skipwith CP/AP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Skipwith |
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