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.
DOWNHOLME, or Downham, a township in Richmond district, and a parish partly also in Reeth district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Swale, 4¼ miles SW of Richmond r. station. Acres, 1, 294. Real property, £1, 577. Pop., 138. Houses, 27. The parish includes also the townships of Stainton, Walburn, and Ellerton-Abbey; and its post town is Marrick, under Richmond, Yorkshire. Acres, 5, 915. Real property, £2, 996. Pop., 241. Houses, 48. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £75. Patron, J. T. Hutton, Esq. The church is later Norman; has an old font; and is good. Charities, £8.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Reeth RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | DOWNHAM | DOWNHOLME | DOWNHOLME OR DOWNHAM |
| Place: | Downholme |
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