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Reedness

REEDNESS, a township, in the parish of Whitgift, union of Goole, Lower division of the wapentake of Osgoldcross, W. riding of York, 6 miles (S. E. by S.) from Howden; containing 633 inhabitants. The township is situated on the river Ouse, across which is a ferry to Saltmarsh, belonging to the Bishop of Durham. It comprises by computation 2500 acres, of which more than 400 are warp grounds, lately reclaimed from the river. The tithes of the township, and of Swinefleet, were commuted for land in 1759. Here is a place of worship for Primitive Methodists.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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