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SUNK-ISLAND, a parish in Patrington district, E. R. Yorkshire; on the Humber, 3 miles SSW of Patrington r. station. Post town, Patrington, under Hull. Acres, 11,760; of which 6,210 are water. Real property, £12,599. Pop., 376. Houses, 56. The land has been gradually formed, since about 1630, by accretion of silt deposited by the Humber; and has been subdivided under lease from the Crown. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £250. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was repaired in 1859.
(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: | Sunk Island Parish Patrington Poor Law Union/Registration District Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Sunk Island |
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