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.
KIRBY-HILL, or Kirby-on-the-Moor, a village, a township, and a parish, in the district of Ripon and N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on an eminence, near the river Ure, 1 mile NNW of Boroughbridge r. station; and commands a view to York and Ripon cathedral, and to sixteen churches.-The township comprises 790 acres. Real property, £2, 461. Pop., 158. Houses, 35.—The parish contains also the township of Langthorpe. Posttown, Boroughbridge, under York. Acres, 1, 956. Real property, with the rest of Humberton, £6, 759. Pop., 462. Houses, 98. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £400. * Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is a stone structure, with an embattled tower; and contains some fine Norman arches.
(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: | Kirby Hill Tn/CP Kirby on the Moor AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | KIRBY HILL | KIRBY HILL OR KIRBY ON THE MOOR | KIRBY ON THE MOOR |
| Place: | Kirby Hill |
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