A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
KIRBY-KNOWLE, a township and a parish in Thirsk district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies under the Hambledon hills, 4¾ miles NE by N of Thirsk r. station. Acres, 1, 556. Real property, £1, 197. Pop., 116. Houses, 22.—The parish contains also the township of Balk, and that of Bagby-with-Islebeck; and includes two small detached portions. Post town, Thirsk-Acres, 4, 101. Real property, £5, 233. Pop., 504-Houses, 100. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £404. * Patron, Lady Frankland Russell. The church is partly ancient, and was partly rebuilt in 1815. There is a chapel of ease at Bagby. Charities, £6.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Kirby Knowle CP/AP Thirsk RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Kirby Knowle |
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