In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fraisthorpe like this:
FRAISTHORPE, a township and a parish in Bridlington district, E. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the coast, 2¼ miles SSE of Carnaby r. station, and 4¼ S by W of Bridlington. Pop., 85. Houses, 11. The parish includes also the township of Auburn; and its post town is Bridlington Quay, under Hull. Acres, 2, 153; of which 113 are water. Real property, £2, 317. Pop., 101. Houses, 13. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Carnaby, in the diocese of York.
Fraisthorpe through time
Fraisthorpe 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 Fraisthorpe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fraisthorpe, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12627
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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