In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Garton like this:
GARTON, a township in Skirlaugh district, and a parish partly also in Patrington district, E. R. Yorkshire. The township bears the name of Garton-with-Grimston; and lies on the coast, 7½ miles NE of Hedon r. station, and 12 ENE of Hull. Acres, 1, 797. Real property, £2, 805. Pop., 154. ...
Houses, 29. The parish includes also part of the township of Owstwick, which has a post office under Hull. Acres, with the rest of Owstwick, 3, 127. Real property, with the rest of O., £4, 677. Pop. of G. alone, 195. Houses, 37. The property is divided among a few. Grimston Hall is the seat of the lineal descendants of Sylvester de Grimston, standard-bearer to William the Conqueror; is a large castellated mansion; occupies an elevated site near the shore; and commands extensive and magnificent views. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £97. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient, but good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.
Garton through time
Garton 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 Garton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Garton, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12665
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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