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Woodmansey, with Beverley-Park

WOODMANSEY, with Beverley-Park, a township, in the parish of St. John, union, and liberties of the borough, of Beverley, E. riding of York, 2ΒΌ miles (S. E. by E.) from Beverley; containing 429 inhabitants, of whom 222 are in Woodmansey. The township comprises 2910a. 2r. 38p., of which 386 acres are in Woodmansey, and the remainder in Beverley-Park, which extends to the suburbs of Beverley; the soil is various, and the surface well-wooded. In the hamlet of Beverley-Park are two quarries of excellent chalk, of which the best whiting is made, and which is also burnt for lime. The river Hull passes near the township, and has a commodious landing-place for coal, lime, and gravel; on its banks are some mills, and there are other large mills in the township. Beverley-Park was anciently a demesne of the archbishops of York, who had a mansion here called the Hall, now a farmhouse. Divine service is performed on Sunday afternoon in a small chapel subordinate to the Minster of Beverley, erected in 1827 upon ground given by George Sumner, Esq.

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

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