Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BILBROUGH

BILBROUGH, a parish in Tadcaster district, W. R. Yorkshire; 3 miles WSW of Copmanthorpe r. station, and 4 NE of Tadcaster. It has a post office under York. Acres, 1,389. Real property, £3,386. Pop., 216. Houses, 49. The property is divided chiefly among three. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £274. Patron, T. Fairfax, Esq. The church contains the remains of Thomas, Lord Fairfax, the celebrated parliamentary general. Charities, £14.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bilbrough CP/AP       Tadcaster RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Bilbrough

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