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Whitcliff

WHITCLIFF, with Thorpe, a township, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, W. riding of York, 1½ mile (S.) from Ripon; containing 186 inhabitants. It comprises by computation 1300 acres, whereof 909 are in Thorpe, which has a pleasant and well-built village. The river Ure and the Ripon canal flow at a short distance. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for £198; and the appropriate for £68, payable to the Dean and Chapter of Ripon.

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

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