In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ellerton Priory like this:
ELLERTON-PRIORY, a parish in Howden district, E. R. Yorkshire; on the river Derwent, 3¼ miles NNW of Bubwith r. station, and 8½ NE by E of Selby. Post. town, Bubwith, under Howden. Acres, 2, 552. Real property, £3, 339. Pop., 338. Houses, 69. The property is divided among a few. ...
A small priory of canons of the Sempringham order was founded here, about the year 1212, by Wiliam Fitz Piers. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £110. Patron, the Rev. J. D. Jefferson. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, alms-houses with £45, and other charities with £23.
Ellerton Priory through time
Ellerton Priory 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 Ellerton Priory itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ellerton Priory, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12417
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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