Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SINNINGTON

SINNINGTON, a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 4 miles WNW of Pickering r. station; and has a post-office under York. The township comprises 1,960 acres. Pop., 343. Houses, 73. The parish contains also Marton and Little Edstone townships, and comprises 3,390 acres. Real property, £4,664. Pop., 607. Houses, 131. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £124.* Patron, J. Prowde, Esq. The church was repaired in 1841. There are a Wesleyan chapel and an endowed school with £26 a year. --The sub-district excludes Little Edstone, which is in Helmsley district; includes two townships of Kirkby-Misperton; and is in Pickering district. Acres, 5,772. Pop., 1,119. Houses, 230.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Sinnington AP/CP/Tn       Sinnington SubD       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Sinnington

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