In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Horkstow like this:
HORKSTOW, a parish, with a village, in GlanfordBrigg district, Lincoln; on the New Ancholme river, 4 miles SW of Barton-upon-Humber r. station. Post town, Barton-upon-Humber, under Hull. Acres, 2, 085. Real property, £3, 246. Pop., 245. Houses, 41. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Earl of Yarborough. ...
Horkstow Hall, built on the site of the Diamond Dale priory, is now a farm house. Roman coins, and fragments of three tesselated pavements, were found near the Hall in 1796. A suspension bridge is here over the Ancholme river. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £201. Patron, the Earl of Yarborough. The church is ancient, but very good. and has a small tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Horkstow through time
Horkstow is now part of North Lincolnshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Lincolnshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Horkstow itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Horkstow in North Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12634
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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