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HAXBY, a parish in the district of York and N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Foss, and on the York and Scarborough railway, 4¾ miles NNE of York. It has a station on the railway; and its post-town is Wigginton, under York. Acres, 1,840. Real property, £3,650. Pop., 597. Houses, 132. There are two manors, East End and West End. Bricks and tiles are made. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £300. Patron, the Archbishop of York. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Haxby CP/Ch North Riding Riding York RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Haxby |
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