Bessingby, East Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Bessingby, a village, a township, and a parish in the E.R. Yorkshire, on the N.E.R., 1½ mile SW of Bridlington station. The post town is Bridlington. Acreage, 1270; population, 171. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; net value, £68. A beautiful new church was erected in 1893.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Bessingby St. Magnus | |
| Poor Law union | Bridlington | |
| Riding | East | |
| Wapentake | Dickering |
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 Bessingby:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1698-1914 | 1795-1795 | 1698-1925 | 1699-1989 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Bessingby from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bessingby (St. Magnus))
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 Bessingby 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: