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=== Parish History === | === Parish History === | ||
RICHMOND (St. Mary), a '''borough''', '''market-town''', and '''parish''', having separate jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the wapentake of Gilling-West, N. riding of York, 44 miles (N. W.) from York, and 234 (N. N. W.) from London. The chapel of the '''Holy Trinity''', in the centre of the town, belonged to the abbey of St. Mary at York, but was suffered to become ruinous, and no service was performed in it from the year 1712 until 1740, at which period it was repaired by the corporation. There are places of worship for '''Baptists '''and '''Wesleyans''', and a '''Roman Catholic''' chapel.<ref>Samuel A. | RICHMOND (St. Mary), a '''borough''', '''market-town''', and '''parish''', having separate jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the wapentake of Gilling-West, N. riding of York, 44 miles (N. W.) from York, and 234 (N. N. W.) from London. The chapel of the '''Holy Trinity''', in the centre of the town, belonged to the abbey of St. Mary at York, but was suffered to become ruinous, and no service was performed in it from the year 1712 until 1740, at which period it was repaired by the corporation. There are places of worship for '''Baptists '''and '''Wesleyans''', and a '''Roman Catholic''' chapel.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51236#s18 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 659-665. Date accessed: 25 October 2013.</ref> | ||
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