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Hunmanby, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1834.

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HUNMANBY:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1834.

"HUNMANBY, a village and township, in the parish of its name, in the wapentake of Dickering, East Riding, is 207 miles from London, 39 from York, 10 from Scarborough, and 8 from Bridlington. The town is pleasantly situated on a rising ground, surrounded by a fine wood on the north-west, within two miles of the sea, and contains many neat and good houses. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in agriculture, the land being highly fertile. The places of worship are the parish church, and two chapels belonging to the dissenters. The church, which is dedicated to All Saints, contains a splendid monument to the different members of the Osbaldeston family, who died within the last century : the benefice is a vicarage, in the incumbency of the Rev. Francis Wrangham : the Rev. John Wilkinson is the present curate : the patronage is in the Osbaldeston family, who have a mansion here. The clergy have the benefit of a theological circulating library, and there is a parochial one. A market, formerly held on Tuesday, has been long discontinued, but a monthly cattle market, and fairs on May 26th and October 29th, are still maintained. The township, which is co-extensive with the parish, contained, in 1821, 1,018, and in 1831, 1,079 inhabitants."

[Transcribed by Steve Garton ©2000 from
Pigot's directory (Yorkshire section) 1834]