Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Moxby

Moxby, hamlet, Marton in the Forest par., North-Riding Yorkshire, 3 ½ miles NE. of Yarm; a Benedictine nunnery was founded here by Henry II.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Marton Cum Moxby AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Moxby

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