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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.
MILFORD (SOUTH), a village and a township in Sherburn parish, and a chapelry partly also in MonkFrystone parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands within 1½ mile of Milford and Milford-Junction r. stations, and 7½ S of Tadcaster. The township comprises 2,240 acres. Real property, £3,800. Pop., 823. Houses, 183. The manor belongs to Lord Ashtown. Milford House is the seat of B. Crossland, Esq.—The chapelry was constituted in 1859. Post town, South Milford. Pop., 1,037. Houses, 234. Pop. of the Monk-Frystone portion, 33. Houses, 9. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £170. * Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church was built in 1846, and is in the early English style. There are a mission chapel, a Wesleyan chapel, and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
| Place names: | MILFORD | MILFORD SOUTH | SOUTH MILFORD |
| Place: | South Milford |
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