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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.
WARTER, a parish in Pocklington district, E. R. Yorkshire; 5 miles E by N of Pocklington r. station. Post town, Pocklington, under York. Acres, 7,000. Real property, £5,380. Pop., 539. Houses, 96. The property is subdivided. W. Hall is the seat of Lord Muncaster. An Augustinian priory was founded here, in 1132, by G. Fitz-Pain; and was given, at the dissolution, to the Earl of Rutland. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £100. Patron, Lord Muncaster. The church was rebuilt in 1864, at a cost of £4,000; is in the early English style; and has a tower and spire 120 feet high. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Warter AP/CP Pocklington RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Warter |
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