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ESKDALESIDE, or Sleights, a township-chapelry in Whitby parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Esk, and on the Pickering and Whitby railway, 4 miles SW by W of Whitby. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Whitby, both of the name of Sleights. Acres, 3, 740. Real property, £3, 060; of which £420 are in quarries. Pop., 814. Houses, 164. Building-stone is worked; mineral springs occur; and alum is found. There was anciently a small cell here to Whitby abbey. The living is a p. curacy, united with the p. curacy of Ugglebarnby, in the diocese of York. Value, £329.* Patron, the Rev. T. Walker. The church was built in 1767. Charities, £55.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Eskdaleside CP/Tn Whitby AP/Tn/CP Yorkshire AncC |
Place names: | ESKDALESIDE | ESKDALESIDE OR SLEIGHTS | SLEIGHTS |
Place: | Eskdaleside |
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