A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BURTON-IN-LONSDALE, or Black-Burton, a township-chapelry in Thornton-in-Lonsdale parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Greta, adjacent to the Midland railway, 3 miles WNW of High Bentham r. station, and 12 NW by W of Settle. It has a post office, of the name of Burton-in-Lonsdale, under Lancaster. Acres, 1,380. Real property, £3,153. Pop., 597. Houses, 134. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £94. Patron, the Vicar of Thornton. The church is old. There are a Wesleyan chapel and endowed schools.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Burton in Lonsdale CP/Ch/Tn Thornton in Lonsdale AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | BLACK BURTON | BURTON IN LONSDALE | BURTON IN LONSDALE OR BLACK BURTON |
| Place: | Burton in Lonsdale |
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