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North Ferriby, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1868.
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NORTH FERRIBY:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1868.
"NORTH FERRIBY, a parish in the county of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull, East Riding county York, 8 miles S.W. of Hull, and 16 S. of Beverley. Brough is its post town. It is situated on the river Humber, and is a station on the Hull and Selby branch of the North-Eastern railway. The parish includes the township of Swanland and the hamlets of Braffords, Dairy Coates, Newington, and Wold Ings. The Danes in one of their incursions destroyed the place by fire. An establishment of Knights Templars was founded here in the beginning of the 13th century, which afterwards was converted into a monastery of Austin friars. At the Dissolution its revenues were valued at £95 1s. 7d. The families of Mortimer, De la Pole, and Bacon have successively held possession of the demesne. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York, value £163. The church is a modern edifice, the former one having been taken down. It is dedicated to All Saints, and contains several old monuments, tombs, register, and ancient font. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel. The parochial charities produce about £60 per annum, nearly half of which is the endowment of the National school. Brafford's House, Swanland Manor House, and Swanland Hall are the principal residences."
"BRAFFORDS, a village in the township of Swanland, and parish of North Ferriby, in the wapentake of Harthill, East Riding of the county of York, 6 miles to the W. of Kingston-upon-Hull. The Hull, Selby, and Milford Junction railway passes by it, and there is a station at Ferriby."
"DAIRY COATES, a township in the parish of North Ferriby, in the East Riding of the county of York, 6½ miles W. of Hull."
"SWANLAND, a township in the parish of North Ferriby, liberty of Kingston-upon-Hull, East Riding county York, 6½ miles S.W. of Hull. It is situated near the Selby railway and the river Humber, and includes the hamlet of Braffords."
"WOLDINGS, a hamlet in the township and parish of North Ferriby, East Riding county York, 7 miles W. of Hull."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013