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Fulford is a historic village and civil parish on the outskirts of York, England. to the south of the city, on the east bank of the River Ouse, it was the site of the 11th century Battle of Fulford. It is home to Imphal Barracks, headquarters of the British Army's 15th Infantry Brigade; soldiers and their families live in married quarters outside the barracks. Fulford is a headquarters for the Royal Military Police. ==History== Cavalry barracks were established in Fulford as early as 1795 but these have now been largely demolished.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A History of Imphal Barracks )〕 The infantry barracks, now known as Imphal Barracks were built between 1877 and 1880.〔 Fulford Cross, a 15th-century Grade II listed boundary cross stands opposite the barracks, beyond the present parish boundary. The cross has been removed, but an octagonal shaft on a three-stepped pedestal remains. In 1823 Fulford, known as "Fulford Gate", was a village in the parish of Fulford Ambo in the East Riding of Yorkshire and the Wapentake of Ouse and Derwent. Population at the time was 182, with occupations including two farmers, two blacksmiths, two wheelwrights, two shoemakers, a butcher, a tailor, a shopkeeper, a coal dealer, a corn miller, and the landlords of The Light Horseman, The Saddle, The Board, The Plough, and The Bay Horse public houses. Also within the village was a druggist, a manufacturing chemist, a schoolmaster, nine gentlemen, three gentlewomen, two bankers and seven yeomen. A school existed for 20 boys and girls. Within the parish of Fulford Ambo, and to the south of Fulford Gate, was the settlement of Fulford Water, with a population of 35 which included three farmers, and a gentleman at the Hall.〔Baines, Edward (1823): ''History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York'', pp. 208–209〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fulford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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