Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOTHAM

HOTHAM, a village and a parish in Howden district, E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on Ermine street, 3 miles NW of South Cave, and 5¾ NE of Staddlethorpe r. station; and has a post office under Brough. The parish comprises 2, 670 acres. Real property, £3, 029. Pop., 333. Houses, 74. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Henry Burton, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £328. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient and tolerable, and has a tower.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hotham CP/AP       Howden RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Hotham

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