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Nun Monkton (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 54 01 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 54.0167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 13 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.2167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at the confluence of the Nidd and Ouse rivres. A church here features William Morris glass. The church itself is a fragment of the 12th-century nunnery founded by William de Arches, a descendant of Osbern, and given to John Neville after its suppression. Neville's widow, Catherine Parr, was the last wife of King Henry VIII. |
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| Nun Monkton (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Monech (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Monuchetone (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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