Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LISSETT

LISSETT, a township-chapelry, with a small village, in Beeford parish, E. R. Yorkshire; near the coast, a miles ESE of Lowthorpe r. station, and 7 S by W of Bridlington. It has a post office under Hull. Acres, 1,150. Real property, with Little Kelk, £2,326. Pop., 112. Houses, 21. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Beeford, in the diocese of York. The church is of the early part of the 13th century; and contains a round chancel arch and a Norman font.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township-chapelry, with a small village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Beeford CP/AP       Lissett CP/Tn       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Lissett

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