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MARTIN (ST.), an extra-parochial tract in Richmond district, N. R. Yorkshire; 1 mile S of Riclhmond. Pop., 53. Houses, 11. A Benedictine priory, a cell to Yorrk abbey, was fonnded here about 1100 by Wyomar of Aske.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "an extra-parochial tract" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Richmond RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
Place names: | MARTIN ST | ST MARTIN |
Place: | St Martin |
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