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HUTTON-LOWCROSS, or HUTTON-LOCRAS, a township in Guisbrough parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 1½ mile SW of Guisbrough. Acres, 1, 573. Real property, £7, 000; of which £5, 658 are in ironworks. Pop. in 1851, 49; in 1861, 271. Houses, 50. The increase of pop. arose from the construction and extension of ironworks. A lepers' hospital was founded here by William de Bernaldby, and given to Guisbrough priory. A Cistertian nunnery also was founded here by Ralph de Neville; and substructions of it were recently laid open by the plough. The ham pits of an ancient British village likewise are here, from 8 to 12 feet deep, from 60 to 100 yards in circumference, and extending in irregular lines for about 2 miles.
(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: | Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | HUTTON LOCRAS | HUTTON LOWCROSS | HUTTON LOWCROSS OR HUTTON LOCRAS |
| Place: | Hutton Lowcross |
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