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SMEATON-KIRK, a parish, with a village, in Hemsworth district, W. R. Yorkshire; 2½ miles SW of Womersley r. station, and 5½ SE of Pontefract. Post town, Pontefract. Acres, 1,770. Real property, £3,326. Pop., 333. Houses, 75. The manor belongs to the Neviles. Smeaton Crags are picturesque. Traces exist of a Roman camp. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £370. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. The church is Norman. There is a slightly endowed school.
(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: | Hemsworth Poor Law Union/Registration District Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Kirk Smeaton |
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