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BARNBY-UPON-DON, or Barnby-Dun, a township and a parish in Doncaster district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Don, and on the Doncaster and Thorne railway, 5 miles NE by N of Doncaster; and it has a station, of the name of Barnby-Dun, on the railway. Acres, 2,230. Real property, £4,259. Pop., 537. Houses, 118. The parish includes also the township of Thorpe-in-Balne; and its Post Town is Doncaster. Acres, 3,737. Real property, £5,698. Pop., 644. Houses, 141. The living is a vicarage in the dio. of York. Value, £115. Patron, J. H. Newsome, Esq. The church was recently restored. There are two Methodist chapels, an endowed school, and charities £59.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Barnby upon Don CP/AP Doncaster RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
Place names: | BARNBY DUN | BARNBY UPON DON | BARNBY UPON DON OR BARNBY DUN |
Place: | Barnby upon Don |
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