Searching for "BURTON GRANGE"

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    Place name County Entry Source
    Barry Angus Burton nor Skene. The principal mansions are, Woodhill (J. Miln) to the W, Grange of Barry (W. Wighton) to the NW, and Ravensby Groome
    BRETTON (Monk) Yorkshire Burton; lies on the Barnesley canal, 1 mile from Cudworth r. station, and 2 NE of Barnesley; includes the villages of Burton-Grange Imperial
    Burton Grange Yorkshire Burton Grange , vil., Roystone par., S. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 1 mile NE. of Barnsley. Bartholomew
    BURTON-GRANGE Yorkshire BURTON-GRANGE , a village in Monk-Bretton township, Roystone parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 1 mile NE of Barnesley. Imperial
    CARLISLE Cumberland Grange, Newlands, St. John-in-the-Vale, Thornthwaite, Wythburn, Bassenthwaite, Buttermere, Lorton, Threlkeld, and Wythop. The deanery of Kirkby-Stephen includes the rectories of Crosby-Garret and Great Musgrave; the vicarages of Brough-under-Stainmore, Kirkby-Stephen, and Warcop; and the p. curacies of Stainmore. Mallerstang, Soulby, and Ravenstonedale. The deanery of Lowther includes the rectories of Cliburn, Clifton, and Lowther; the vicarages of Askham, Bampton, Crosby-Ravensworth, Morland, Orton, and Shap; and the p. curacies of Martindale, Bolton, Thrimby, Mardale, and Swindale. The deanery of Penrith includes the rectories of Brougham, Melmerby, Ousby, and Great Salkeld; the vicarages Imperial
    Falkland Fife Burton the regent is acquitted of this foul blot upon his character ( Hist. Scotl., ii. 380-396, ed. 1876). After the lands and castle of Falkland came to the Crown by the forfeiture of the earldom, the first three Jameses occasionally resided at the castle, enjoying the pleasures of the chase in the adjoining forest, and on the Lomond hills; and in consequence of this the charter was granted by James II., erecting the town into a royal burgh. It is impossible now to ascertain whether James III. or James IV. began to build the palace, as both of these Groome
    GRANTHAM Lincolnshire GRANTHAM , a town, a parish, a sub-district, and a district, in Lincolnshire. The town stands on Ermine-street, near Imperial
    Kelso Roxburghshire Kelso, a Border town and parish of NE Roxburghshire. The town, which lies, at an altitude of from 100 to Groome
    LANCASHIRE Lancashire Burton-upon-Irwell, Chorlton, Salford, Manchester, Ashton-under-Lyne, Oldham, Rochdale, Haslingden, Burnley, Clitheroe, Blackburn, Chorley, Preston, Fylde, Garstang, Lancaster, and Ulverston. The boroughs of Blackburn, Bolton, Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Oldham, Preston, and Wigan send each two members to parliament; the boroughs of Ashton, Bury, Clitheroe, Rochdale, Salford, and Warrington send each one member; the North section of the county sends two; and the South section sends three. Electors of the North section in 1865,13,006; of whom 6,569 were freeholders, 838 were copyholders, and 3,961 were occupying tenants. Electors of the South section Imperial
    LEICESTERSHIRE, or LEICESTER Leicestershire Burton-upon-Trent. The turnpike roads extend aggregately to about 300 miles; and the cross-roads, to about 1,400 miles. Leicestershire contains 207 parishes, parts of 7 other parishes, and 26 extra-parochial places; and is divided into the borough of Leicester, and the hundreds of East Goscote, West Goscote, Framland, Gartrees, Guthlaxton, and Sparkenhoe. The registration county gives off 6 parishes and an extra-parochial place to Warwickshire, 9 parishes and a liberty to Rutlandshire, 4 parishes, part of another parish, and an extra-parochial place to Derbyshire, 5 parishes, part of another parish, and an extra-parochial Imperial
    LINCOLN Lincolnshire
    Nottinghamshire
    Burton, South Carlton, and North Carlton, and the extra-parochial tract of Grange de Lings. Acres, 29,614. Pop. in 1851,20,756; in 1861,24,917. Houses Imperial
    LINCOLNSHIRE, or LINCOLN Lincolnshire Grange, the Elms, Elsham Hall, Ferriby Hall, Frampton Hall, Fulbeck Hall, Fulney Hall, Gate-Burton Hall, Gautby Hall, Girsby Hall Imperial
    Linlithgow Midlothian
    West Lothian
    Linlithgow (popularly Lithgow, formerly Linlithcu, Linlythku, Linliskeu, Linliscoth, Linlychku, and Lithcow; etymology uncertain), a royal and parliamentary burgh and the Groome
    NOTTINGHAMSHIRE or Notts Nottinghamshire NOTTINGHAMSHIRE or Notts , a midland county; bounded, on the N W, by Yorkshire; on the N E and the E Imperial
    RIPON Yorkshire RIPON , a city, a township, a parish, a sub-district, a district, a liberty, and a diocese, in W. R Imperial
    Stirling Stirlingshire Stirling (old forms Strivelin, Striveling, Strivelyn, Strewelin, Sterling), a market town, a royal and parliamentary burgh, and the county town Groome
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