Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DUFFIELD (North)

DUFFIELD (North), a township in Skipwith parish, E. R. Yorkshire; on the river Derwent, adjacent to the Selby and Market-Weighton railway, 5½ miles NE of Selby. It has a fair on May 4, and a Primitive Methodist chapel; and it had formerly a castle, the residence of Lord Hussey. Acres, 3, 220. Real property, £5, 209: of which £100 are in quarries. Pop., 470. Houses, 96.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: North Duffield Tn/CP       Skipwith CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: DUFFIELD     |     DUFFIELD NORTH     |     NORTH DUFFIELD
Place: North Duffield

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