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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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PRESTON, a village and a township in Sculcoates district, and a parish partly also in Skirlaugh district, E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 1 mile N of Hedon r.station, and has a post-office under Hull. The township comprises 4, 980 acres of land and 390 of water. Real property, £9, 548. Pop., 902. Houses, 209. The parish contains also the township of Lilley, and comprises 6, 170 acres. Real property, £11,006. Pop., 1,061. Houses, 240. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £310.* Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is a fineedifice. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, an endowed school with £86 a year, and charities £92.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Skirlaugh RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Preston |
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