Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRANTINGHAM

BRANTINGHAM, a township and a parish in Beverley district, E. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 2 ½ miles N by E of Brough r. station, and 11 W by N of Hull. Real property, £2,720. Pop., 231. Houses, 55.—The parish contains also the townships of Ellerker and Thorpe-Brantingham; the latter of which has a post office under Brough. Acres, 3,632; of which 592 are water. Rated property, £6,749. Pop., 572. Houses, 124. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Ellerker, in the diocese of York. Value, £255.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church is fair.


(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: Brantingham CP/AP       Beverley RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Brantingham

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