Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FULFORD-AMBO

FULFORD-AMBO, a parish in York district, E. R. Yorkshire; on the river Ouse, near the Great Northern railway, 2 miles S of York. It consists of the townships of Fulford-Gate and Fulford-Water; and has a post office, of the name of Fulford, under York. Acres of F-G., 1, 630; of F-W., 432. Real property of both, £11, 363. Pop. of F-G., 2, 443; of F-W., 35. Houses, 445 and 3. The York cemetery, the York cavalry barracks, and the Quakers' lunatic asylum, called the Retreat, are here. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £96. Patron, the Rev. Samuel Key. The church was rebuilt in 1866, at a cost of £5, 000. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £22.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Fulford Ch/CP       York RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Fulford

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