Place:


Market Weighton  East Riding

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Market Weighton like this:

WEIGHTON-MARKET, a small town, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Pocklington district, E. R Yorkshire. The town stands on the York and Hull railway, at the junction with it of the railway from Selby, and at the terminus of the W.-M. canal, 19 miles ESE of York; dates probably from the ancient British times; contests with two other places the claim of being the Roman Delgovitia; made some figure in connexion with the Pilgrimage of Grace; was the birthplace, in 1792, of the Yorkshire giant W. ...


Bradley; is irregularly built, but has been much improved; comprises one. principal street and several smaller streets; and has a post-office‡ under Brough, Yorkshire, a r. station with telegraph, a banking office, two chief inns, an ancient church, three dissenting chapels, a slightly endowed school, national schools, charities £126, a weekly. market on Wednesday, and fairs on 14 May and 24 Sept.- The township includes the hamlet of Arras, yet is regarded as conterminate with the town. Real property, £10,838; of which £300 are in the canal. Pop. in 1851, 2,001; in 1861, 2,178. Houses, 460.—The parish contains also Shipton township, and comprises 7,248 acres. Pop. in 1861, 2,589. Houses, 564. There are barrows; and some Roman coins have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £300.* Patron, the Archbishop of York.—The sub-district contains 8 parishes and two parts. Acres, 32,400. Pop., 5,254. Houses, 1,078.

Market Weighton through time

Market Weighton 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 Market Weighton itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Market Weighton, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13389

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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