Firby, East Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Firby, a township in Westow parish, E.R. Yorkshire, on the river Derwent, 1 mile from Kirkham Abbey station on the N.E.R., and 5 miles SW of Malton. Acreage, 525; population, 23. Firby Hall is the seat of the Clough-Taylor family.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
Civil parish | Westow | |
Poor Law union | Malton | |
Riding | East | |
Wapentake | Buckrose |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Firby from the following:
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the East Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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