Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOUGHTON

HOUGHTON, a hamlet in Sancton parish, E. R. Yorkshire; under the Wolds, 2 miles SSE of MarketWeighton. Houghton Hall is a fine residence, in a wellwooded park; and a Roman Catholic chapel is near it.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Houghton

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