In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burstwick like this:
BURSTWICK, a township and a parish in Patrington district, E. R. Yorkshire. The township is joined with Skeckling; includes part of Ridgmont; lies on the Hull and Holderness railway, near the Humber, 7¾ miles ESE of Hull; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Hull. Real property, £5,847. ...
Pop., 485. Houses, 96. The parish contains also the township of Ryhill and the hamlet of Camerton. Acres, 5,720. Real property, £8,872. Pop., 728. Houses, 149. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £280. Patron, Sir T. A.Constable. The church is later English, and was restored in 1853.
Burstwick through time
Burstwick 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 Burstwick itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Burstwick, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11874
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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