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STOCKTON-ON-THE-FOREST, a parish, with a village, in the district of York and N. R Yorkshire; adjacent to the York and Market-Weighton railway, 5 miles NE of York. It has a station on the railway, and a post-office under York. Acres, 3,270. Rated property, £1,778. Pop., 449. Houses, 95. The manor belongs to J. Agar, Esq. S. Hall, Brockfield, and Hazel-Bush are chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £250.* Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Stockton on the Forest Ch/CP Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Stockton on the Forest |
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