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Title: A topographical dictionary of the United Kingdom, containing every city, town, village, hamlet, parish, district, object and place in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the small islands dependent
Year: 1826 (1820s)
Authors: Capper, Benjamin Pitts
Subjects: Great Britain
Publisher: London G.B. Whittaker
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ich falls into the Trent below Attenton. Erytholm, a parish in Gilling-East wap.N. R. of York. 5 m. from Darlington, and240 from London; containing 33 housesand 177 inhabitants. Esoewtog. See Skewiog, Flintshire. Esc lush am-above, a township to theparish of Wrexham, hundred of Brom-field, Denbigh; containing 70 houses and433 inhabitants. Esclusham-below, also a township toWrexham, as above; containing 113 hou-ses and 559 inhabitants. Escombe, a hamlet and chapelry to St.Andrews-Auckland parish, in Darlingtonward, Durham. 1 mile from Bishops-Auck-land, and 257 from London ; containing 52houses and 232 inhabitants. Esh, a township to the parish of Lan-chester, Chester ward, Durham; contain-ing 65 houses and 470 inhabitants. Esher, a parish in the hundred of Elm-bridge, Surrey, 2 miles S.E. from Walton-upon-Thames, and 16 from London, byWandsworth, and 14 by Brompton ; cont.190 houses and 1108 inhabitants. It com-mands a pleasant and beautiful prospectover the surrounding country. Eaher
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ESK ENGLAND AND WALES. place is a handsome Gothic structureof brick, with stone facings to the doorsand windows. This mansion was one ofthe ancient seats of the prelates of Win-chester, built by bishop Wain fleet, butgreatly improved by cardinal Wolsey, wholived here in all the magnificence of regalsplendour; and retired hither when hehad lost the favour of hi3 sovereign. Withthe exception of the two towers in thebody of the house, which are fragments ofthe old edifice, it was rebuilt in the sames^yle as the original, by the late hon. HenryPelham, to which family it now belongs.In one of the towers is a curious windingstaircase. The grounds are well laid out,with the river Mole winding in a serpen-tine direction through them. Fair, the 1stof August. It is a rectory, value 9/. 2s. Sd. Esholt, a hamlet to the parish of Otley,in Skyrack wap. W. R. of York. 3 miles S.from Otley, and 202 from London; con-taining 60 houses and 355 inhabitants. Eshott, a hamlet to Felton parish, inMorpeth wa

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