Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CARLETON, or Carlton

CARLETON, or Carlton, a township-chapelry in Snaith parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near the river Aire and the Goole railway, 2 miles N of Snaith. It has a post office under Selby. Acres, 3,070. Real property, £7,479. Pop., 752. Houses, 183. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £168.* Patron, the Rev. W. W. Ware. The church was built in 1863. There are a Roman Catholic chapel, a national school, and charities £25.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township-chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Snaith AP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place names: CARLETON     |     CARLETON OR CARLTON     |     CARLTON
Place: Carlton

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