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PRESTON (Great and Little), a township in Kip-pax parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 6 miles N W by N of Pontefract. It includes part of the hamlet of Astley; is the centre of a poor-law union in Pontefract district; and contains a workhouse, which had 82 inmates at the census of 1861. Acres, 1,004. Pop. in 1851, 464; in 1861, 541. Houses, 90.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Pontefract Poor Law Union/Registration District Yorkshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Great Preston |
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