Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Patrington

Patrington, small town and par. with ry. sta., East-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles SW. of Withernsea and 15 miles SE. of Hull, 3741 ac. (48 water), pop. 1360; P.O., T.O. Patrington was an important place long before the Norman Conquest. The church was built in the reign of Edward II. A fair trade in seed, corn, and other farm produce, and in coal, is carried on, and there are flax works, corn mills, and breweries.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "small town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Patrington AP/CP       Yorkshire AncC
Place: Patrington

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