Etton, East Riding of Yorkshire

Historical Description

Etton, a village, a township, and a parish in the E.R. Yorkshire, on the Wolds, 1 mile from Cherry Burton station on the N.E.R., and 4½ NW of Beverley, with a post and money order office under Cherry Burton; telegraph office, Cherry Burton. Acreage, 3729; population, 398. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York; gross value, £498 with residence. Patron, Lord Hotham. The church is Norman, has a low tower, and was restored in 1869. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

Findmypast, in conjunction with various Archives, Local Studies, and Family History Societies have the following parish records online for Etton:

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Etton from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Etton (St. Mary))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the East Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Etton are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following East Riding newspapers online:

• Hull Daily Mail
• Hull Packet
• Driffield Times
• Hull Advertiser and Exchange Gazette
• Beverley and East Riding Recorder