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Seacroft

SEACROFT, a township, in the parish of Whitkirk, Lower divisiou of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. riding of York, 4 miles (E. N. E.) from Leeds; containing 1020 inhabitants. A great battle took place here during the heptarchy, ou Win Moor; and in the reign of Charles I. an engagement occurred between the parliamentarians under Fairfax, and the royalists commanded by Lord Goring, in which the latter obtained a complete victory. The township comprises by computation 1750 acres of fertile land, and the substratum abounds with coal, of which several mines are in operation. The village is on the road from Leeds to York, and has a cheerful aspect. A tithe rent-charge of £357 is paid to Trinity College, Cambridge, and one of £22 to the vicar. There is a district church, dedicated to St. James; the living is in the gift of the Vicar of Whitkirk. The Wesleyan Methodists have a place of worship in the township.

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

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