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.
Conisbrough, par. and vil. with ry. sta., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Don, 5 miles SW. of Doncaster, 4296 ac., pop. 2706; P.O., T.O., called Conisborough; has brick and tile making, and quarries in the magnesian limestone. C. Castle, now roofless, the property of the Duke of Leeds, is supposed to be of great antiquity. It is the residence of Athelstane in Ivanhoe. In the neighbourhood are numerous traces of both the early Britons and the Romans.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish and village with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Conisbrough AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | CONISBOROUGH | CONISBROUGH |
| Place: | Conisbrough |
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