Boulby, North Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Boulby, a hamlet in Easington parish, N.R. Yorkshire, 9 miles E of Guisborough, and 1 mile from Easington station on the N.E.R. Extensive alum-works have been in operation here since 1615. An old edifice, now a farmhouse, was the seat of the Conyerses.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the North Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Boulby are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- 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 North Riding newspapers online: