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WIGHILL, a parish, with a village, in Tadcaster district, W. R. Yorkshire; 2¾ miles N by W of Tadcaster r. station. Post town, Tadcaster. Acres, 2,588. Real property, £3,565. Pop., 280. Houses, 58. The manor, with W. Park, belongs to A. Montagu, Esq. Brook Hall is the seat of the Dawsons. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £150. Patron, A. Montagu, Esq. The church is Norman. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Wighill AP/CP Tadcaster RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Wighill |
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