A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BYLAND-ABBEY, a township in Coxwold parish, N. R. Yorkshire; adjacent to the Malton and Driffield railway, at Coxwold station, 8½ miles ESE of Thirsk. Acres, 3,130. Real property, £3,392. Pop., 104. Houses, 21. A Cistertian Abbey was removed hither, in 1147, from Old Byland; and given, at the dissolution, to Sir William Pykering. The west front, one end of the transept, part of the aisles, and a fragment of the central tower, still stand; and are in transitional Norman. Edward II., while dining here with a small retinue, in 1323, was surprised by a body of Scots, and made a narrow escape.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Byland Abbey CP/Tn Coxwold AP/CP Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Byland Abbey |
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