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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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WRAGBY, a parish, with a village and five townships, in Hemsworth district, W. R. Yorkshire; 3½ miles SE of Oakenshaw r. station, and 5 SW of Pontefract. It has a post-office under Wakefield. Acres, 3,944. Real property of Ryhill and Wintersett townships, £3,291. Pop. of the parish, 594. Houses, 122. Nostel Priory is the seat ofWynn, Esq. An Augustinian priory was founded here in 1121, by R. Adlove; and went by sale, about the end of the 16th century, to the Wynns. Coal and building-stone are worked; and bricks, tiles, and pipes are made. The living is a donative in the diocese of York. Value, £100.* Patron, Wynn, Esq. The church is later English. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £7 a year, and charities £15.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village and five townships" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Wragby AP Hemsworth RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Wragby |
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