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The following appear as names for Breighton. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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BREIGHTON CUM GUMBY | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
John Marius Wilson | Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72). |
NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
These names were used for units associated with Breighton. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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BREIGHTON | Manor | The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register |
Parish-level Unit (CP/Tn) | The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register | |
BREIGHTON AND GUNBY | Parish-level Unit (CP/Tn) | F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 520. |
BREIGHTON CUM GUNBY | Parish-level Unit (CP/Tn) | 1871 Census of England and Wales, Table 4, 'Area; Houses and Inhabitants, 1861 and 1871, in the Parishes and Places comprised in each Superintendent Registrar's District'. |
BREIGHTON WITH GUNBY | Parish-level Unit (CP/Tn) | 1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'. |
BRIGHTON | Manor | The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register |
ERY 0288 | Manor | The National Archives, Manorial Documents Register |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Breighton, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:
Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Breighton, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Breighton, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11677/names
Date accessed: 11th June 2024