Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MIDDLETON

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.


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

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

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