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ETTON:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1868.

"ETTON, a parish in the Hunsley Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, East Riding county York, 3 miles N. of Lund, and 4 N.W. of Beverley, its post town. The land is chiefly arable, with 45 acres of woodland. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of York, value £700, in the patronage of the archbishop. The church is an ancient edifice, with a low heavy tower, dedicated to St. Mary. The parochial charities produce about £20 per annum. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel, and there is a National school for both sexes. High Hall is the principal residence."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013