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Elloughton, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1868.

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ELLOUGHTON:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1868.

"ELLOUGHTON, a parish in the wapentake of Harthill, East Riding county York, 2 miles S.E. of South Cave, and 10 W. of Hull. It includes the townships of Brough and Wauldby. The former is a post town and railway station on the North-Eastern line. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York, value £150, in the patronage of the archbishop. The church is built in the form of a cross, with stained-glass windows. It is dedicated to St. Mary, and is very ancient. The parochial charities produce about £14 per annum. The Calvinists and Wesleyans have each a chapel. Miss Broadley is lady of the manor."


"BROUGH, (or Bro Ugh Ferry), a hamlet in the parish of Elloughton, wapentake of Harthill, in the East Riding of the county of York, 10 miles to the W. of Hull. It is situated on the N. bank of the Humber, and is a station on the Hull, Selby, and Milford Junction railway. Here is a ferry across the river. This place was the site of the Roman station, Ad Petuariam."


"WAULDBY, a township in the parish of Elloughton, Hunsley Beacon division of Harthill wapentake, East Riding county York, 3½ miles S.E. of Cave, and 2 N.E. of Elloughton."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013