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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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ce under HenryV III. and Elizabeth. It is a rec. value 12/. Hunshaw, a parish in the hundred ofFremington, Devon. 2; m. N. from Black-Torrington, and 206 from London; con-taining 53 houses and 291 inhabitants. Itis a rectory, value Hi. 7s. Id Hunshelf, a township in the parish ofPenniston, in Staincross wap. W. R. ofYork. 10 m. N.W. from Sheffield, and 172from London ; cont. 84 ho. and 436 inhab. Hunsingore, a parish in Claro wap.W. R. of York. 4 m. from Wetherby, and198 from London ; cont. 44 houses and 237inhab. It is a vicarage, value 51. 17s. 3d. Hunsfleet, a hamlet in the parish andliberty of Leeds, W.R. of York, adjoiningto Leeds, on the south bank of the riverAire, 19 J m. from London by Doncaster. Itcontains 1709 houses and 8171 inhabitants.Its name signified a dog-kennel, from itsonce poor and dirty situation, but the cloth-ing manufacture has made it a wealthyplace ; and in the reign of Charles II. itwas made a corporation, on account of itsexcellence in this line. Jlate XML
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