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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.
POLLINGTON, a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Snaith parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the Goole canal, 2¾ miles S W of Snaith r. station; has a post-office under Selby; and gives the titles of Baron and Viscount to the Earl of Mexborough. The township comprises 1, 960 acres. Real property, £2, 750. Pop., 501. Houses, 111. The chapelry is more extensive than the township; bears the name of Pollington, with-Balne; and was constituted in 1855. Pop., 863. Houses, 184. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £120.* Patron, Viscount Downe. The church is in Balne, and was built by Lord Downe.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Pollington Tn/CP Snaith AP/Tn Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Pollington |
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