In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Keyingham like this:
KEYINGHAM, a village and a parish in Patrington district, E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on an eminence adjoining the Keyingham Level Drain and the Hull and Holderness railway, 5 miles ESE of Hedon; commands an extensive view of the Humber; and has a station on the railway, a post office under Hull, and remains of two ancient crosses. ...
The parish contains also Salthaugh Grange, and comprises 1,890 acres. Real property, £6, 871. Pop. in 1851, 746; in 1861, 639. Houses, 150. The property is subdivided. The land is chiefly marshy clay. Keyingham Level Drain goes 5½ miles south-south-westward to the Humber at the W side of Sunk island. Keyingham Creek formerly penetrated in the line of the drain, from the Humber to Salthaugh; but is now nearly closed. The grounds belong to S. J. Owst, Esq.; contain the old font from Winestead, in which A. Marvel was baptized, and the shaft of Ottringham cross; and the house itself contains a collection of antiquities and paintings. A spring in the parish, called St. Philip's well, was formerly reputed as holy, and noted for the cure of scorbutic complaints; and a spring of warm water is on a neighbouring farm. Bricks are made. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £300.* Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is ancient; has a tower, with octagonal spire; and contains an iron hour glass stand, and several monumental tablets. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and a national school.
Keyingham through time
Keyingham 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 Keyingham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Keyingham, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13180
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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