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ALLERTON-CHAPEL, or Chapel-allerton, a chapelry in Leeds parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 2½ miles N of Leeds. It has a post office‡ of the name of Chapel Allerton, under Leeds; and it contains the hamlets of Moor-Allerton, Mean-wood, and Allerton-Gledhew. Acres, 2,747. Real property, £13,254. Pop, 3,083. Houses, 682. The property is much subdivided; and there are many handsome residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £361.* Patron, the vicar of Leeds. The church is in the Corinthian style. There are a Wesleyan chapel and public schools.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Leeds AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
Place names: | ALLERTON CHAPEL | ALLERTON CHAPEL OR CHAPEL ALLERTON | CHAPEL ALLERTON |
Place: | Chapel Allerton |
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