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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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ROSEDALE, a village and a vale in N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands in the vale, on the river Severn, at themutual boundary of the townships of R.-East-Side and R.-West-Side, 10 miles N N W of Pickering r. station; adjoins, on the W, some remains of a Benedictine priory, founded in the time of Richard II.; and has a post-office, ‡of the name of Rosedale-Abbey, under York. The valeextends about 8 miles south-south-eastward, along thecourse of the Severn, from the neighbourhood of thestream's source downward; is flanked, on the left, by Rosedale common, on the right by Spaunton common; had formerly a very secluded and lonely aspect; and is now the scene of some stir, in the working of ironstone, and in the transport of it by a recently formed railway, connected with the Cleveland railway s.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a vale" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Rosedale |
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