In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Easington like this:
EASINGTON, a township and a parish in Guis. brough district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the coast, 6 miles SE by E of Saltburn-by-the-Sea r. station, and 9 E by N of Guisbrough; and has a post office under Redcar. Acres, 3, 893; of which 284 are water. Real property, £3, 791; of which £517 are in mines. ...
Pop., 566. Houses, 114. The parish includes also the township of Liverton. Acres, 6, 293. Real property, £5, 007. Pop., 752. Houses, 152. The property is not much divided. Part of the surface is high, and bears the name of Easington heights. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Liverton, in the diocese of York. Valne, £436.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. There are two churches, for respectively Easington and Liverton; and both are good.
Easington through time
Easington is now part of Redcar and Cleveland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Redcar and Cleveland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Easington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Easington, in Redcar and Cleveland and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12372
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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