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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
RAWCLIFFE, a village and a township-chapelry in Snaith parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Aire, near the Goole railway, 3 miles E by N of Snaith; and has a station with telegraph on the railway, and a post-office under Selby. The chapelry comprises 4, 410 acres. Real property, £9, 811. Pop., 1, 630. Houses, 384. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Mrs. Creyke. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £126.* Patron, Y. Yarburgh, Esq. The church was built in 1842, and is in the early English style. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, an endowed school with £30 a year, and charities £17.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Rawcliffe Tn/CP Snaith AP/Tn Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Rawcliffe |
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