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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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SCRAYINGHAM, a township in Pocklington district, and a parish partly also in Malton district, but all in E. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Derwent, 3½ miles S E by S of Barton-Hill r. station, and 10½ N E of York; and has a post-office under York. Acres, 1, 470. Real property, £1, 952. Pop., 160. Houses, 31. The parish contains also the townships of Howsham and Leppington, and comprises 4, 689 acres. Pop., 480. Houses, 87. Howsham Hall and Aldby Park are chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £661.* Patron, the Crown. The church is modern; and a chapel of ease is at Leppington. There is a national school.
(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: | Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Scrayingham |
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