Thwing, East Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Thwing, a village and a parish in E.R. Yorkshire, 6 miles SW by S of Hunmanby railway station, and 9 W by N of Bridlington. There is a post office under Hunmanby (R.S.O.); money order office, Foxholes; telegraph office, Hunmanby. Acreage, 4026; population, 367. The parish contains the hamlets of Octon and Grange. The manor belongs to Lord. Londesborough. An aerolite, 56 Ibs. in weight, fell in 1795 on a spot now marked by an obelisk erected in 1799. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York; net value, .6550 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is an ancient building in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, S porch, and an embattled western tower, and contains several stained windows. There are Wesleyan. and Primitive Methodist chapels.
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 | Thwing All Saints | |
| 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 Thwing:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1691-1884 | 1756-1930 | 1692-1930 | 1691-1947 |
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Thwing from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Thwing (All Saints))
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 Thwing 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: