In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Middleton like this:
MIDDLETON, a village and a parish in Driffield district, E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the Wolds, 5½ miles WNW of Lockington r. station, and 8½ NW of Beverley; and has a post office, ‡ of the name of Middleton-on-the-Wolds, under Beverley. The parish comprises 3,340 acres. ...
Real property, £5,733. Pop., 701. Houses, 150. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to Lord Londesborough. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £917. * Patron, the Rev. H. D. Blanchard. The church has a tower, and is good. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.
Middleton through time
Middleton 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 Middleton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Middleton, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13706
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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