Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EASINGTON

EASINGTON, a township and a parish in Patrington district, E. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the coast, in the Spurn-Head peninsula, 6 miles SE of Patrington town and r. station; and has a post office under Hull. Acres, 4, 363; of which 2, 013 are water. Real property, £4, 277. Pop., 600. Houses, 138. The parish includes also the township of Out-Newton. Acres, 5, 228. Real property, £5, 257. Pop., 666. Houses, 148. The property is -subdivided. The living is a vicarage, united in 1868 with Kilnsea and Skeffling, in the dio. of York. Value, £51.* Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is chiefly early English; and has a door from Bristol priory. There are chapels for Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists. Charities, £13.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Easington CP/AP       Patrington RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Easington

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