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BURNBY, a parish in Pocklington district, E. R. Yorkshire; on an affluent of the river Derwent and on the York and Market-Weighton railway, 2½ miles ESE of Pocklington. It has a station on the railway; and its Post Town is Hayton, under York. Acres, 1,667. Real property, £2,515. Pop., 126. Houses, 24. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £318.* Patron, Lord Londesborough. The church is fair.
(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: | Burnby Parish Pocklington Poor Law Union/Registration District Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Burnby |
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