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.
PLUMPTON, or Plompton, a township in Spofforth parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 2½ miles S by E of Knaresborough. It contains the village of Plumpton-square. Acres, 2, 250. Real property, £2, 617. Pop., 219. Houses, 39. The property belonged, for about 600years, to the Plumpton family; passed to the Lascelles; and belongs now to the Earl of Harewood. Sir W. Plumpton and his uncle Archbishop Scroop, were beheaded for rebellion in 1405.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Spofforth AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | PLOMPTON | PLUMPTON | PLUMPTON OR PLOMPTON |
| Place: | Plompton |
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