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Temple Newsam, township and seat, partly in Leeds par., but chiefly in Whitkirk par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire - township (partly in bor. of Leeds), 4086 ac., pop. 2661; seat, 4 miles E. of Leeds. Temple-Newsam was originally a preceptory of the Knights Templars, founded 1181, and commemorated in Ivanhoe under the name of Templestowe; it afterwards became the birthplace of Lord Darnley, husband of Mary Queen of Scots.
(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: | Leeds AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Templenewsham |
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