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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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CRAIKE, or Crayke, a parish in Easingwold district, N. R. Yorkshire; 2½ miles NE of Easingwold, and 3¾ SSW of Ampleforth r. station. It has a post office under Easingwold. Acres, 2, 779. Real property, £5, 002. Pop., 585. Houses, 121. The property is much sub-divided. Craike Hall is a chief residence. A monastery was founded in the parish, in 685; and destroyed by the Danes in 882. A castle in the Tudor style, square, four-storied, and embattled, crowns a hill commanding an extensive view; is mostly used as a farm-house; was built by Neville, Bishop of Durham, who died in 1457; and occupies the site of an ancient castle of the Northumbrian kings. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £672.* Patron, the Crown. The church is good; and there are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and charities £32.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Crayke CP/AP Easingwold RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | CRAIKE | CRAIKE OR CRAYKE | CRAYKE |
| Place: | Crayke |
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