Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OCTON and OCTON-GRANGE

OCTON and OCTON-GRANGE, two townships in Thwing parish, E. R. Yorkshire; 7½ miles N of Great Driffield. Pop., 105. Octon Lodge is the seat of the Pricketts. A double camp, 330 feet long and 240 feetwide, is in Octon Grange; and was divided by the Quintana, or street of suttlers.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "two townships"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Thwing AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Octon

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