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KELLINGTON, a village, a township, and a parish, in Pontefract district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands near the river Aire, 1 mile N by W of Whitley r. station, and 6½ ENE of Pontefract; and has a post office under Normanton.-The township comprises 1, 679 acres. Real property, £3, 231. Pop., 300. Houses, 67.The parish contains also the townships of Beaghall, Whitley, and Eggbrough. Acres, 7, 233. Real property, £12, 557. Pop., 1, 443. Houses, 320. The property is much subdivided. Earl Cathcart is a landowner. Roall, a picturesque old house, with remains of a fine gateway, was long the seat of the Earnshaws. The pastures are notable for their sheep and cattle. Malting is largely carried on; and there are corn and bone mills. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £370.* Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is old but good, and has a tower. There are a chapel of ease in Whitley, erected in 1860, Wesleyan chapels in all the four townships, and charities £5.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Kellington CP/AP Pontefract RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Kellington |
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