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NAFFERTON:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1868.

"NAFFERTON, a parish in the wapentake of Dickering, East Riding county York, 2½ miles N.E. of Driffield, its post town, and 4 from Burton-Agnes. It is a station on the Bridlington, Hull, and Scarborough section of the North-Eastern railway. The village, which is extensive, is situated on the road from Driffield to Scarborough. The Driffield canal passes through the parish. A place called "Danes-Graves" is said to have been a Danish place of interment during the Danish invasion. The parish comprises the townships of Nafferton and Wansford, also the hamlet of Pockthorpe. There are several malting-houses, and an extensive corn-mill. The manufacture of linen cloth, ropes, and twine is also carried on to a small extent. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment under an Enclosure Act in 1769. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of York, value £300, in the patronage of the archbishop. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient stone edifice with a square embattled tower crowned with pinnacles, and containing a clock and two bells. The interior of the church contains an ancient stone font restored in 1846, also an E. window inserted in 1854 by John Dickson, as a memorial to his late uncle, Richard Dickson, Esq. The church was restored in 1846, at which time a new raised roof was added, the original one having been flat. The register dates from 1564. The charities consist of two trusts-viz: the parish trust, £48 16s. 6d., and the poor's trust, £44 2s. 6d. realised from houses and land. There are an endowed National school for both sexes, an infants' school, and a day school for the Wesleyans. The Primitive Methodists, Wesleyans, Independents, and Baptists have each a place of worship."

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"POCKTHORPE, a hamlet in the township and parish of Nafferton, East Riding county York, 3 miles N.E. of Great Driffield. It is situated near the Driffield canal. The making of malt is carried on."

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"WANSFORD, a township in the parish of Nafferton, wapentake of Dickering, East Riding county York, 3 miles S.E. of Great Driffield, its post town. The village is situated on the navigable river Hull. It contains a carpet factory and extensive flour and bone mills. There is a school for both sexes, at which a Sunday-school is held. The Wesleyans have a chapel."