In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kilnwick like this:
KILNWICK, a township in Beverley district, and a parish partly also in Driffield district, E. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the Wolds, 3 miles NW of Lockington r. station, and 7 SSW of Great Driffield; and has a post office under Driffield. Acres, 2, 100. Pop., 272. Houses, 49. The parish contains also the townships of Lockington-in-Kilnwick, Beswick, and Bracken. ...
Acres, exclusive of Lockington, 4, 355. Real property, exc. of L., £3, 648. Pop. of the whole, 693. Houses, 127. The manor, with Kilnwick Hall, belongs to Grimston, Esq. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £101. Patron,Grimston, Esq. The church is ancient, and has a Norman door and a tower. There is a national school.
Kilnwick through time
Kilnwick is now part of East Riding of Yorkshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Riding of Yorkshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kilnwick itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kilnwick, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13188
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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