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| Aller Dean | Aller Dean | Mr Ralph Roxburgh | on Sheets | A narrow "dean", about 3/4 of a mile | ||
| Aller Dean | Mr William Makins | 6.8 & | in length, commencing a short distance | |||
| Aller Dean | Mr James Watson | 7.5 | west of "Allerdean Mill"; and terminating | |||
| at the boundary between, Ancroft | ||||||
| Greens farm, and "East Allerdean" | ||||||
| from near the mill (on the east side) | ||||||
| the brae on the south side is covered | ||||||
| with wood, amongst which are | ||||||
| still to be seen some Alder trees | ||||||
| with which the whole dean was | ||||||
| at one time covered – | ||||||
| It is the property of John Sibbit | ||||||
| Esqr "Ancroft Greens" | ||||||
| Unthank Moor | Unthank Moor | Mr Ralph Roxburgh | on Sheets | A large extent, of elevated Moor | ||
| Mr William Makins | 6.4 & | land is Common property, between Squire | ||||
| Mr James Watson | 6.8 | Selby, and James Grieve Esqr; the latter | ||||
| having 2/3d but the former having all | ||||||
| the minerals, there has been very extensive | ||||||
| Coal Works here, but they have been | ||||||
| discontinued for some time, and | ||||||
| consisted of two seams, one of which | ||||||
| was called the Unthank Seam & | ||||||
| the other the Bulman Seam | ||||||
| The colliers houses are still remaining, but all the rest are in ruins | ||||||
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