In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bessingby like this:
BESSINGBY, a parish in Bridlington district, E. R. Yorkshire; on the Hull and Scarborough railway, 1½ mile SW of Bridlington. Post Town, Bridlington, under Hull. Acres, 1,230. Real property, £2,275. Pop., 70. Houses, 12. The manor-house is an old brick building in the form of the letter L. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £59. Patron, H. Hudson, Esq. The church was built in 1766, and has an ancient font.
Bessingby through time
Bessingby is now part of East Riding of Yorkshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Riding of Yorkshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bessingby itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bessingby, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11560
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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