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Hawes, market town and township with ry. sta., Aysgarth par., North-Riding Yorkshire,. 16 miles SW. of Leyburn, 16,021 ac., pop. 1890; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Tuesday. At Hawes Junction, ry. sta., 5 miles NW., is a meteorological station at an alt. of 1135 ft.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "market town and township with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Hawes |
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