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.
Rilston, (or Rylstone), eccl. dist., township, and vil., Burnsall par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - dist. (Rilston with Collision), pop. 578; township, 3197 ac., pop. 130; the vil. is 5 miles N. of Skipton; it was from Rylstone (where there are slight traces of the old manor house of the Nortons) that Wordsworth's "White Doe" travelled to Bolton Abbey.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "ecclesiastical district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Burnsall AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | RILSTON | RILSTON OR RYLSTONE | RYLSTONE |
| Place: | Rylstone |
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