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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.
MONKTON-NUN, a village and a parish in Great Ouseburn district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Nidd, near the Great North of England railway, 3 miles N by W of Marston r. station, and 7 NW of York; is a pleasant place; and has a post office under York. The parish comprises 1,692 acres. Real property, £2,840. Pop., 323. Houses, 85. The manor, with a seat called the Priory, belongs to Isaac Crawhall, Esq. A Benedictine nunnery was founded here, in the time of Stephen, by William de Arches. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £100. * Patron, I. Crawhall, Esq. The church belonged to the nunnery; retains a very fine Norman W door-way; and has a bell-turret. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £36 a year, and charities £10.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Great Ouseburn RegD/GilU/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Nun Monkton |
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