Lissett, East Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Lissett, a township-chapelry, with a small village, in Beeford parish, E.R. Yorkshire, near the coast, 4¼ miles ESE of Lowthorpe railway station, 4 S of Burton Agnes station, 4 N of Lissett, and 8 by road from Bridlington. It has a post office under Hull; money order office, Beeford; telegraph office, Lowthorpe. Acreage, 1152; population, 105. The living is A perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Beeford, in the diocese of York. The chapel, dedicated to St James, is of the early part of the 13th century, contains a round chancel arch and a Norman font, and was completely restored in 1876.
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 | Beeford | |
| Poor Law union | Bridlington | |
| Riding | East | |
| Wapentake | Holderness |
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 Lissett:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1678-1812 | 1654-1811 | 1661-1835 | 1653-1812 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Lissett from the following:
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 Lissett 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: