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RISTON (Long), a parish, with a village, and withpart of Arnold hamlet, in Skirlaugh district, E. R. Yorkshire; 3 miles W N W of Whitedale r. station, and 6½ E N E of Beverley. Post-town, Beverley. Acres, 3, 490. Rated property, £3, 115. Pop., 401. Houses, 94. The property is divided among a few. Riston-Grange is thechief residence. The living is a rectory, annexed to the vicarage of Hornsea, in the diocese of York. The church was recently restored. There are chapels for Independents and Primitive Methodists, and an endowed school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village, and withpart of Arnold hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Long Riston Parish Riston Parish Skirlaugh Poor Law Union/Registration District Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | LONG RISTON | RISTON | RISTON LONG |
| Place: | Long Riston |
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