In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ebberston like this:
EBBERSTON, a parish in Pickering district, N. R. Yorkshire; near the river Derwent, 6 miles E by S of Pickering town and r. station. It has a post office under York. Acres, 6, 350. Real property, £5, 272. Pop., 572. Houses, 114. The property is subdivided. Ebberston Lodge is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Allerston, in the diocese of York. Value, £176.* Patron, the Arch-bishop of York. The church is tolerable; and there is a Wesleyan chapel. Alfred, king of Northumbria, is said to have died here after a battle in 705.
Ebberston through time
Ebberston is now part of Ryedale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ryedale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ebberston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ebberston, in Ryedale and Yorkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11127
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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