In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Garton on the Wolds like this:
GARTON-ON-THE-WOLDS, a village and a parish in Driffield district, E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands a little N of the Driffield and Malton railway, 3 miles WNW of Great Driffield; and has a station, of the name of Garton, on the railway. The parish comprises 4, 380 acres. Post town, Driffield. ...
Real property, £4, 607. Pop., 572. Houses, 98. The property is divided among a few. Much of the surface is hilly and wooded. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £150. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church stands on an eminence; has a Norman tower; contains old oaken seats and an octagonal font; and is good. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and a national school.
Garton on the Wolds through time
Garton on the Wolds 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 Garton on the Wolds itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Garton on the Wolds, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12663
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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