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MARFLEET:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1868.

"MARFLEET, a parish in the Middle division of the wapentake of Holderness, East Riding county York, 2½ miles E. of Hull, its post town. It is a station on the Hull and Holderness railway. The parish, which is of small extent, is situated on the river Humber, and is wholly agricultural. About a third of the land is arable, and the remainder, which is used for grazing, is in fine condition. There is a coastguard station. The tithes were commuted for a money payment under a private Act in 1763. The living is a discharged perpetual curacy in the diocese of York, value £61. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. The charities produce about £1 per annum."

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