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WHORLTON, a township and a parish in Stokesley district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 2 miles SSE of Potto r. station, and 5½ SW of Stokesley. Acres, 6,846. Real property, £3,845. Pop. in 1851, 540; in 1861, 650. Houses, 129. The parish includes Potto and Faceby townships, and comprises 9,690 acres. Pop in 1851, 865; in 1861, 1,008. Houses, 210. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Ailesbury. A castle was built in the time of Richard II.; and an Augustinian cell to Guisbrough priory was founded in the time of Henry I.; and both have left some vestiges. Whorl hill commands an extensive view. Ironstone, in vast quantity, was recently discovered among the hills; and good building-stone is quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £84. Patron, the Marquis of Ailesbury. The church is good. The p. curacy of Faceby is a separate benefice. Charities, £5.
(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: | Whorlton Ch/CP Stokesley RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Whorlton |
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