Fraisthorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Fraisthorpe, a township and a chapelry in the parish of Carnaby, Bridlington union, E.R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the coast, 2½ miles SSE of Carnaby railway station, and 4½ S by W of Bridlington. Post town, Hull; money order and telegraph office, Bridlington. Acreage, 1824; population, 95. The living is a chapelry, belonging to the vicarage of Carnaby, and held with that of Boynton, in the diocese of York; joint net yearly value, £199 with residence. The Strickland family are lords of the manor and sole landowners. Framcote. See FARMCOTE. Framfield, a village and a parish in Sussex. The village stands near the river Ouse, 1½ mile E by S of Uckfield station on the L.B. & S.C.R., and has a post, money order, and telegraph office. The parish comprises 6468 acres; population, 1663. Framfield Park is a principal residence. Some of the land is under hops. Iron-working was once carried on. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Chichester; value, £380 with residence. The church is ancient, cruciform, and good, and has a brass of 1595. There is a Baptist chapel. Blackboys is a village in this parish.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
| Poor Law union | Bridlington | |
| Riding | East | |
| Wapentake | Dickering |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Fraisthorpe from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Fraisthorpe)
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 Fraisthorpe 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: