Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OWTHORNE

OWTHORNE, a village, a township, and a parish, in Patrington district, E. R. Yorkshire. The villagetands on the coast, ¾ of a mile N of Withernsea r. station, and 4½ N E of Patrington; has, at various periods, sustained considerable damage from encroachments of the sea; and is now a sea-bathing resort. The township comprises 1, 100 acres of land, and 178 of water. Real property, £2, 711. Pop. in 1851, 163; in 1861, 424. Houses, 84. The increase of pop. was caused mainly by extension of railway communication. The parish contains also the townships of Waxholme, South Froding-ham, and Rimswell; and its post town is Withernsea, under Hull. Acres, 4, 430; of which 391 are water. Real property, £7,070. Pop. in 1851, 462; in 1861, 704. Houses, 141. The property is much subdivided. An ancient British canoe, horns of the red deer, and portions of trees were not long ago found near the site of the village. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £282.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The old church was destroyed by the sea, during a storm in 1816. The new church stands at Rimswell, about 2 miles from the sea; and is an edifice of yellow brick, with a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a township, and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Owthorne AP/CP       Patrington RegD/PLU       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Owthorne

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