A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
NORMANBY, a village, a township, and a parish, in Helmsley district, N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Severn, 5 miles W S W of Pickering r. station; and gives the title of Marquis to the Phipps family. The township comprises 1, 768 acres. Real property, £3,010. Pop., 199. Houses, 45. The parish contains also the township of Thornton-Risebrough. Post-town, Pickering. Acres, 2, 363. Real property, £3, 817. Pop., 234. Houses, 50. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to S. Walker, Esq. There is a saline spa. The living is a rectory intho diocese of York. Value, £509.* Patron, the Rev. J. R. Hill. The church is partly Norman, was partly rebuilt in 1718, has a low tower, and is good. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a slightly endowed school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Normanby CP/AP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Normanby |
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