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SUTTON-ON-THE-FOREST, a township and a parish in Easingwold district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 4½ miles E of Tollerton r. station, and 8 N by W of York; and has a post-office under York. Acres, 5,800. Real property, £5,596. Pop., 652. Houses, 132. The parish contains also Huby township, and comprises 10,315 acres. Pop., 1,224. Houses, 244. The property is divided among a few. S. Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £390. Patron, the Archbishop. The church was recently in disrepair. Charities, £26. Sterne was rector.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Sutton on the Forest AP/CP Easingwold RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Sutton on the Forest |
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