Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BESSINGBY

BESSINGBY, a parish in Bridlington district, E. R. Yorkshire; on the Hull and Scarborough railway, 1½ mile SW of Bridlington. Post Town, Bridlington, under Hull. Acres, 1,230. Real property, £2,275. Pop., 70. Houses, 12. The manor-house is an old brick building in the form of the letter L. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £59. Patron, H. Hudson, Esq. The church was built in 1766, and has an ancient font.


(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: Bessingby CP/AP       Bridlington RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Bessingby

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