Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STILLINGFLEET

STILLINGFLEET, a township in York district, and a parish partly also in Selby and Tadcaster districts, E. R. and W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies near the river Ouse, 4½ miles E by S of Bolton-Percy r. station, and 7 S of York; and bears the name of S.-with-Moreby. Acres, 2,770. Real property, £3,602. Pop., 422. Houses, 92. The parish includes Kelfield and Acaster-Selby townships, and comprises 6,022 acres. Post town, Escrick, under York. Pop., 964. Houses, 201. The property is not much divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £430.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. The church is ancient. The p. curacy of Acaster-Selby is a separate benefice. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £6.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place names: STILLINGFLEET     |     STILLINGFLEET WITH MOREBY
Place: Stillingfleet

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