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Place name County Entry Source DUNGARVAN Waterford castle and the church, he saved from being plundered by his troops. The charter of the inhabitants was renewed by Richard Cromwell in 1659, and in 1689 a new charter was granted by James II., which, on the accession of William, was annulled. The town, which contains 1570 houses, is situated at the head of a spacious bay to which it gives name, on a peninsula formed by two arms of the bay; and under the auspices of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire has been much improved. It consists of one principal street, called Mulgrave Lewis:Ireland HUTTON-MULGRAVE Yorkshire MULGRAVE , a township in Lythe parish, N. R. Yorkshire; near Dursley bay, 4½ miles W by S of Whitby. Acres, 1,480. Real property, £1,006. Pop., 73. Houses, 12. Mulgrave Castle Imperial LYTHE Yorkshire Mulgrave, Barnby, Ugthorpe, Mickleby, Ellerby, Newton-Mulgrave, Borrowby, and Egton. Acres, 29,130. Real property, £22,426. Pop., 3,233. Houses, 656. The property is not much divided. The manor belonged once to the Mauleys, and belongs now to the Marquis of Normanby. Mulgrave Castle Imperial Mulgrave Castle Yorkshire Mulgrave Castle , seat of the Marquis of Normanby (who takes hence the title of earl), Lythe par., North-Riding Yorkshire Bartholomew MULGRAVE CASTLE Yorkshire MULGRAVE CASTLE , the seat of the Marquis of Normanby in Hutton-Mulgrave township, Lythe parish, N. R. Yorkshire; near the coast Imperial ROSS (NEW) Wexford Mulgrave castle, from which the family of Phipps derives the title of Baron Mulgrave of New Ross. The town gives Lewis:Ireland WADE'S CAUSEWAY Yorkshire WADE'S CAUSEWAY , a Roman road in Yorkshire; from Stamford-Bridge, past Malton, Broughton, and Cawthorn, to Mulgrave Castle near Whitby. Imperial
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