In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wressell like this:
WRESSELL, a parish, with four hamlets, and with a r. station, in Howden district, E. R. Yorkshire; on the river Derwent, and on the Hulland Selby railway, 3¾ miles N W of Howden. Post town, Howden. Acres, 3,705. Real property, £4,786. Pop., 423. Houses, 74. The manor belonged at Domesday to G. ...
Tyson; and passed before 1315 to the Percys, and in 1750 to the Wyndhams. W. Castle was built in 1380-90 by the Percys; formed a princely quadrangle, with towers; was dismantled by parliament in 1650, and burnt in 1796; and is now represented by only the ruin of one of its four sides. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £157.* Patron, Lord Leconfield. The church is old but good.
Wressell through time
Wressell 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 Wressell itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wressell, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14501
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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