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THORNTON-WATLASS, a township in Bedale district, and a parish containing three other townships in Leyburn district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 3 miles SW of Bedale r. station, and has a post-office under Bedale. Acres, 1,436. Real property, £2,374. Pop., 206. Houses, 38. The parish comprises 3,783 acres. Pop., 440. Houses, 86. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £475.* Patron, M. Milbank, Esq. The church is good: and there is a slightly endowed school.
(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: | Leyburn Poor Law Union/Registration District Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Thornton Watlass |
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