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SCORTON, a village and a township in Catterick parish, N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands near the Richmond and Darlington railway, 5 miles E of Richmond; is a seat of petty sessions; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Catterick. The township comprises 2, 645 acres. Real property, £6, 246; of which £99 are in quarries, and £450 in the railway . Pop., 476. Houses, 97. There are a mineral well, Wesleyan and Roman Catholic chapels, a nunnery of St. Clare, and an endowed grammar school with £300 a year.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Catterick Parish Scorton Parish Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Scorton |
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