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.
SPEETON, a township-chapelry, with a r. station, in Bridlington parish, E. R. Yorkshire; on the coast, and on the Hulland Scarborough railway, 4½ miles NNW of Bridlington. Post town, Bridlington. Acres, 1,962; of which 142 are water. Real property, £1,954. Pop., 140. Houses, 22. The manor belongs to Lord Londesborough. Cliffs here abound in fossils, and swarm with sea-fowl. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £50. Patron, Lord Londesborough. The church was rebuilt in 1833.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry, with a r station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Bridlington AP/CP Speeton CP/Ch Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Speeton |
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