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.
SWINEFLEET, or Swinfleet, a village, a township-chapelry, and a sub-district, in Goole district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Ouse, 2½ miles ESE of Goole r. station; and has a post-office under Howden. The chapelry comprises 2,445 acres, and is in Whitgift parish. Real property, £6,742; of which £20 are in gasworks. Pop., 1,149. houses, 292. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £220. Patron, the Incumbent of Whitgift. The church is old. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and charities £35.—The sub-district contains three parishes. Acres, 17,303. Pop., 4,042. houses, 936.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township-chapelry, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Swinefleet CP Goole RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | SWINEFLEET | SWINEFLEET OR SWINFLEET | SWINFLEET |
| Place: | Swinefleet |
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