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OUSEBURN (Little), a village, a township, and a parish in Great Ouseburn district, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands ¾ of a mile S of Great Ouseburn village, and 3¼ N by W of Cattal r. station; and has a post-office under York. The township comprises 820 acres. Real property, £1, 840. Pop., 281. Houses, 61. The parish contains also the townships of Kirkby-Hall, Thorpe-Underwoods, and Widdington. Acres, 4,066. Real property, £6, 812. Pop., 543. Houses, 97. Kirkby Hall is the seat of H. S. Thompson, Esq.; Moat Hall, of the Misses Thompson. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £250.* Patron, the Bishop of Ripon. The church is later English, in tolerable condition; and it consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
(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: | Little Ouseburn CP/AP Great Ouseburn RegD/GilU/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
Place names: | LITTLE OUSEBURN | OUSEBURN | OUSEBURN LITTLE |
Place: | Little Ouseburn |
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