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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… union of Skirlaugh, Middle division of the wapentake of Holderness, E. riding of York; comprising the townships of … under an inclosure act, in 1764. The church, the oldest in Holderness, is a large edifice, and contains a circular stone …
A History of the County of York
… 19 in the diocese of Rouen a large amount of property in Holderness and the north-east of Lincolnshire. Indeed, the … Paull, Skeffling, Withernsea, Owthorne, and Alborough in Holderness, besides several chapels and considerable secular … l'office divin.' In 1395 25 the abbey of Aumale sold its Holderness property to Kirkstall, when the cell of Birstall …