Raisthorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Raisthorpe, a township in Warham Percy parish, in the E.R. Yorkshire, on a branch of the river Derwent, 5 miles SSE of New Malton, and 1½ mile from Burdale station on the N.E.R. Acreage, including Burdale, 2112; population, 84. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Malton.
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 | Wharram Percy | |
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 Raisthorpe from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Raisthorpe, with Birdall)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the East Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following East Riding newspapers online: