Speeton, East Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Speeton, a township and an ecclesiastical parish in Bridlington parish, in the E.R. Yorkshire, on the coast, with a station on the Hull and Bridlington railway, 4½ miles NNW of Bridlington. Post town, York; money order office, Bempton; telegraph office, Bridlington. Acreage, 1851 of land and 74 of water and foreshore; population, 151. The manor belongs to Lord Londesborough. Cliffs here abound in fossils, and swarm with sea-fowl. Numerous flint instruments have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; gross value, £34. Patron, Lord Londesborough. The church was repaired in 1833 and again in 1892. There is a small Wesleyan chapel.
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 | Bridlington | |
| 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 Speeton:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1636-1914 | 1639-1920 | 1634-1785 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Speeton 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 Speeton 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: