In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Breighton like this:
BREIGHTON-CUM-GUMBY, a township in budwith parish, E.R. Yorkshire; on the river derwent, near the Selby and hull railway, 4 ½ miles NW of Howden. Acres, 2,030. real property, £1,823. Pop., 207. Houses 45. Part of the land is common.
Breighton through time
Breighton 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 Breighton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Breighton, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11677
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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