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Sandall, Kirk or Little (St. Oswald)

SANDALL, KIRK or LITTLE (St. Oswald), a parish, in the union of Doncaster, S. division of the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, W. riding of York, 4¼ miles (N. E. by N.) from Doncaster; containing 187 inhabitants. It comprises by computation 1550 acres; the surface is varied, and the scenery enriched with wood. The village is on the east bank of the river Don, and the Don canal passes through the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £9. 0. 2½., and in the gift of the Crown; net income, £393. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1806. The church contains a curious monument to the memory of John Rokeby, a native of this place, and Archbishop of Dublin, who directed his body to be buried here, and his heart and bowels at Halifax. A free school was founded in 1626, by the Rev. George Wood, who endowed it with thirty acres of land and two houses, now producing an income of £75.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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