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Rossington, par. and vil. with ry. sta., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 4 ¾ miles SE. of Doncaster, 3051 ae., pop. 354; near vil. is Rossington Hall, seat; in the churchyard is the grave of C. Bosvile, king of the northern gipsies, who died in 1708.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Rossington AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Rossington |
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