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Ellerton Abbey, township and seat, Downholme par., North-Riding Yorkshire, on river Swale, 6½ miles SW. of Richmond, 1665 ac., pop. 44; has vestiges of a nunnery of time of Henry II.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "township and seat" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Downholme Parish Ellerton Abbey Parish Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Ellerton Abbey |
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