Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BURTON-PIDSEA

BURTON-PIDSEA, a village and a parish in Patrington district, E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on an eminence, with an extensive view, 3½ miles NNE of Burstwick r. station, and 7½ NW by N of Patrington; and has a post office under Hull. The parish comprises 1,980 acres. Real property, £5,188. Pop., 408. Houses, 84. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £42.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. The church is good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Burton Pidsea AP/CP       Patrington RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Burton Pidsea

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