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Cloughton, coast township and vil., Scalby par., North-Riding Yorkshire, 4½ miles NW. of Scarborough, 2538 ac. and 84 foreshore, pop. 512; P.O. The vil. is supposed to be on the site of an ancient British vil. In vicinity is Cloughton Wyke, a romantic valley, through which a small brook descends to the sea.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "coastal township and village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Cloughton |
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