Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HINDERWELL

HINDERWELL, a village, a township, and a parish in Whitby district, N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the coast, 7½ miles NNW of Grosmont r. station, and 8½ NW by N of Whitby; and has a post office under Redcar.-The township comprises 1, 550 acres of land and 440 of water. Real property, £4, 628; of which £1, 505 are in ironworks. Pop. in 1851, 1, 736; in 1861, 2, 571. Houses, 547. The increase of pop. arose from the opening of extensive iron mines.—The parish contains also the township of Roxby, and comprises 4, 400 acres. Real property, £6, 383. Pop., 2, 805. Houses, 588. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Normanby. Most of the inhabitants are engaged in fisheries. A Turkish vessel, infected with the plague, was stranded on the coast in 1603, and communicated the plague to the villagers. The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Roxby, in the diocese of York. Value, £494.* Patron, Robert Barry, Esq. The parish church was partly rebuilt in 1817. A spring of pure water, called St. Hilda's well, is in the churchyard; and a retreat of St. Hilda is supposed to have been near. There is a church in Roxby. Charities, £5.


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

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

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