Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SNAINTON

SNAINTON, a township-chapelry, with a village, in Brompton parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 3 miles NNE of Heslerton r. station, and 9 SW by W of Scarborough. It has a post-office under York. Acres, 4,250. Real property, £5,369. Pop., 713. Houses, 155. The living is annexed to Brompton. The church was rebuilt in 1836. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £6.


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

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Feature Description: "a township-chapelry, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Snainton

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