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Dent.-- township and vil., Sedbergh par., N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Dent, 15 miles NW. of Settle and 260 NW. of London, 20,890 ac., pop. 1209; P.O. Market-day, Friday; near the vil. is Dent Crag, or County Stone, where the counties of York, Westmorland, and Lancaster meet.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "township and village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Dent CP/Ch Sedbergh AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Dent |
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