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STAVELEY, a parish, with a village, in Knaresborough district, W. R. Yorkshire; 3½ miles NNE of Knaresborough r. station. It has a post-office under York. Acres, 1,240. Real property, £2,488. Pop., 343. Houses, 75. Loftus Hilland Spellow Hill are chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £354.* Patron, the Rev. J. B. Hartley. The church was built in 1864; and is in the early English style, with tower and spire. There are a national school, and charities £15.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Staveley Parish Knaresborough Poor Law Union/Registration District Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Staveley |
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