Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FRIDAYTHORPE

FRIDAYTHORPE, a parish in Pocklington district, E. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles-SSW of Fimber r. station, and 10 W by N of Great Driffield. It has a post office under York. Acres, 2, 070. Real property, £1, 659. Pop., 332. Houses, 72. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £200.* Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is Norman, and has a low tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a Primitive Methodist chapel, and a national school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Fridaythorpe CP/AP       Pocklington RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Fridaythorpe

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