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Thorganby, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1868.

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THORGANBY:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1868.

"THORGANBY, a parish in the wapentake of Ouse and Derwent, East Riding county York, 10 miles S.E. of York, its post town, and 8 N.E. of Selby. The village is situated on the Wolds, and is wholly agricultural. The soil is sand and clay, with a subsoil of clay. The parish includes the hamlet of West Cottingwith. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of York, value £53. The church is dedicated to St. Helen. There are a government school for both sexes, and a chapel for the Wesleyans. The parochial charities produce about £84. The Rev. J. D. Jefferson, M.A., is lord of the manor."


"WEST COTTINGWITH, a township in the parish of Thorganby, wapentake of Ouse and Derwent, in the East Riding of the county of York, 1 mile S.W. of East Cottingwith, and 8 miles S.E. of York."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013