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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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DARRINGTON, a township and a parish in Pontefract district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies adjaent to the Knottingley and Doncaster railway, 2 miles S of Knottingley r. station, and 3 SE of Pontefract; and includes the hamlet of Darrington Leys. Real property, £4, 028. Pop., 114. Houses, 120. The parish contains also the township of Stapleton; and its post town is Knottingley, under Normanton. Acres, 4, 820. Real property, £5, 264. Pop., 744. Houses, 143. The property is divided among a few. Darrington Hall is the seat of the Right Hon. J. Parker. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £512.* Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £8.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Darrington CP/AP Pontefract RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Darrington |
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