A vision of Britain through time
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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.
BRANDESBURTON, or Brandsburton, a village a township, a parish and a subdistrict, in the district of Skirlaugh, E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 6 miles E of Lockington r. station, and 8 NE of Beverley; and l as a post office under Beverley. It is a seat of petty sessions; and has a fair on 14 May.-The township comprises 4,562 acres. Real property, £6,798. Pop., 784. Houses, 155. The parish includes also the township of Moor-Town. Acres, 5,060. Real property, £7,275. Pop., 811. Houses, 159. The property is divided among a few. The manor was bequeathed in 1601, by Lady Dacres, to Emmanuel hospital, Westminster. Brandesburton moor is a meet for the Holderness hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £895.* Patron, St. John's College, Cambridge. The church is ancient, and has two brasses of 1364. There are an Independent chapel and an endowed school; and the latter has £25, other charities £16.-The subdistrict contains three parishes and parts of four others. Acres, 12,886. Pop., 1,616. Houses, 306.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village a township, a parish and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Brandesburton AP/CP Brandesburton SubD Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | BRANDESBURTON | BRANDESBURTON OR BRANDSBURTON | BRANDSBURTON |
| Place: | Brandesburton |
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