Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EASTRINGTON

EASTRINGTON, a township and a parish in E. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the Selby and Hull railway, 3½ miles ENE of Howden; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Howden. Acres, 3, 580. Real property, £2, 551. Pop., 432. Houses, 109. The parish contains also the townships of Gilber-dike, Bellasize, Newport and Wallingfen, and Portington and Cavil. Acres, 7, 022. Real property, £10, 463. Pop., 1, 906. Houses, 441. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £202. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is tolerable; and there is a Wesleyan chapel. Hewley's school has £28; and other charities £13.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Eastrington CP/AP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Eastrington

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