Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ETTON

ETTON, a parish in Beverley district, E. R. Yorkshire; on the Wolds, 3¾ miles W of Arran r. station, and 4¼ NW of Beverley. It has a post office under Beverley. Acres, 3, 960. Real property, £4, 660. Pop., 502. Houses, 85. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £700.* Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is ancient, has a low tower, and was restored in 1868. There are a P. Methodist chapel, and charities £21.


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

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

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