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BURSTWICK, a township and a parish in Patrington district, E. R. Yorkshire. The township is joined with Skeckling; includes part of Ridgmont; lies on the Hull and Holderness railway, near the Humber, 7¾ miles ESE of Hull; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Hull. Real property, £5,847. Pop., 485. Houses, 96. The parish contains also the township of Ryhill and the hamlet of Camerton. Acres, 5,720. Real property, £8,872. Pop., 728. Houses, 149. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £280. Patron, Sir T. A.Constable. The church is later English, and was restored in 1853.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Burstwick CP Patrington RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
Place: | Burstwick |
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