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Boroughbridge.-- township and market town, Aidborough par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, on river Ure, 21½ miles NW. of York by rail, 95 ac., pop. 966; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Saturday. B. was the scene of the defeat of the Earl of Lancaster by Edward II. in 1321. B. Hall is in the vicinity.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "township and market town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Boroughbridge |
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