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WHITGIFT:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1750.

"WHITGIFT, a parish in the West Riding of Yorkshire, near the River-Island, wherein are Ditchmarsh and Marshland, gave name and seat to the family of the Abp. of Canterbury, who so learnedly defended our constitution against Tho. Cartwright and his adherents."

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"SWINEFLEET, in the parish of Whitgift, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, on the Ouse, E. of Snath, bel. in the R. of Edw. I. to Lacy E. of Lincoln, who obtained a Mt. for it on Th. and a Fair for 4 days after Holy-Cross-day; of which the former, if not the latter, has been long disused."

[Transcribed by Mel Lockie © from
Stephen Whatley's England's Gazetteer, 1750]