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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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SHIPTON, a township-chapelry, with a village, in Market-Weighton parish, E. R. Yorkshire; near Londesborough r. station, and 2 miles NW of Market-Weighton. It has a post-office under Brough. Acres, 1,570. Real property, £2,429. Pop., 411. Houses, 104. The manor belongs to Lord Londesborough. The living is annexed to Market-Weighton. The church is ancient, and has a curious Norman door and a pinnacled tower. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and an endowed school with £8 a year.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Shipton |
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