Dunsforth, Yorkshire, England Genealogy: Difference between revisions

DUNSFORTH, LOWER, a chapelry, in the parish of Aldborough, union of Great Ouseburn (under Gilbert's act), Upper division of the wapentake of Claro, W. riding of York, 2¾ miles (S. E.) from Boroughbridge; containing 116 inhabitants. It comprises by computation 960 acres of land, partly the property of the Dean and Chapter of York: the village is seated on the south bank of the river Ure, and east of the road from Boroughbridge to York. The living is a perpetual curacy, with a net income of £51, and in the patronage of the Vicar of Aldborough; impropriators of the chapelry, the Dean and Chapter. The chapel is dedicated to St. Mary.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50931 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 105-110. Date accessed: 14 January 2013.</ref>  

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