Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KEXBY

KEXBY, a township-chapelry in Catton parish, E. R. Yorkshire; on the river Derwent, 3 miles S of StamfordBridge r. station, and 6 E of York. It has a post office under York. Acres, 1, 751. Real property, £1, 636. Pop., 182. Houses, 32. The property is divided among a few. The manor and most of the land belong to Lord Wenlock. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £120. * Patron, Lord Wenlock. The church is modern, and has a spire.


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

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Feature Description: "a township-chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Kexby

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