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CAWTHORN, a township in Middleton parish, N. R Yorkshire; 3½ miles NNW of Pickering. Acres, 1,540Pop., 33. Houses, 3. Here are four Roman camps, in good preservation; one of them square and double-ditched; another, nearly oval, 850 feet long and 320 broad. Some British tumuli are near.
(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: | Cawthorn |
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