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SNAPE, a township in Well parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 3 miles S of Bedale. It contains the hamlet of Langley, and has a post-office under Bedale. Real property, £4,615; of which £18 are in quarries. Pop., 592. Houses, 127. The manor belongs to M. Milbank, Esq-S. Castle belonged anciently to the Fitz-Randolphs and the Nevilles; was rebuilt, about the time of Henry VI., by the Latimers; and now is partly a chapel of ease, and partly a ruin.
(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: | Snape Tn/CP Well CP/AP Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Snape |
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