In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ellerburn like this:
ELLERBURN, a parish in Pickering district, N. R. Yorkshire; 3¼ miles E of Pickering town and r. station. It contains the township of Farmanby and the chapelry of Wilton; and its post town is Pickering, under York. Acres, 4, 590. Real property, £4, 350. Pop., 648. Houses, 138. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Wilton, in the diocese of York. Value, £131. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is curious, old, and good. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.
Ellerburn through time
Ellerburn is now part of Ryedale district. Click here for graphs and data of how Ryedale has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ellerburn itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ellerburn, in Ryedale and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22766
Date accessed: 19th May 2024
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