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.
WELL, a township and a parish in Bedale district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 4½ miles S of Bedale r. station. Real property, £1,894. Pop., 371. Houses, 87. The parish contains also Snape township, with a post-office under Bedale; and comprises 6,451 acres. Pop., 963. Houses, 214. The property is divided among a few. Thorp Perrow is the residence of M. Milbank, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £310.* Patron, F. A. Milbank, Esq. The church was restored in 1854. There are a Wesleyan chapel, three endowed schools with £114 a year, and an ancient hospital for 16 persons with £195 a year.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Well CP/AP Bedale RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Well |
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