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EBBERSTON, a parish in Pickering district, N. R. Yorkshire; near the river Derwent, 6 miles E by S of Pickering town and r. station. It has a post office under York. Acres, 6, 350. Real property, £5, 272. Pop., 572. Houses, 114. The property is subdivided. Ebberston Lodge is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Allerston, in the diocese of York. Value, £176.* Patron, the Arch-bishop of York. The church is tolerable; and there is a Wesleyan chapel. Alfred, king of Northumbria, is said to have died here after a battle in 705.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Ebberston Parish Pickering Poor Law Union/Registration District Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Ebberston |
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