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.
AYTON (East), a township in Seamer parish, N. R. Yorkshire; near the river Derwent, 1½ mile W of Seamer r. station, and 4 SW of Scarborough. It has a post office under York. Acres, 2,610. Real property, £2,772. Pop., 406. Houses, 78. Ironstone occurs, and is worked. There are a chapel of ease and a Primitive Methodist chapel. The insurrection of 1548 began here.
(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 names: | AYTON | AYTON EAST | EAST AYTON |
| Place: | East Ayton |
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