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"OWTHORNE, a parish comprising the township of Waxholme, in the middle division, and the townships of South Frodingham, Owthorne, and Rimswell, in: the southern division, of the wapentake of HOLDERNESS, East riding of the county of YORK, and containing 415 inhabitants, of which number, 143 are in the township of Owthorne, 18 miles E. from Kingston upon Hull. The living -is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of the East riding, and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £11. 6. 3., and in-the patronage of the Crown. The church, which was dedicated to St. Peter, fell into the sea on February 16th, 1816, and, in -consequence of the continual encroachments of that element, the village has also sustained considerable damage."
"RIMSWELL, a township in that part of the parish of OWTHORNE, which is in the southern division of the wapentake of HOLDERNESS, East riding of the county of YORK, 16 miles E. from Kingston upon Hull, containing 129 inhabitants."
"SOUTH FRODINGHAM, a township in that part of the parish of OWTHORNE, which is in the southern division of the wapentake of HOLDERNESS, East riding of the county of YORK, 4 miles N. from Patrington, containing 71 inhabitants."
"WAXHOLME, a township in that part of the parish of OWTHORNE, which is in the middle division of the wapentake of HOLDERNESS, East riding of the county of YORK, 15 miles E. from Kingston upon Hull, containing 72 inhabitants."
[Transcribed by Mel Lockie © from
Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835]