Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hessle

Hessle.-- par., township, and vil., with ry. sta., East-Riding Yorkshire, on river Humber, 4½ miles SW. of Hull - par., 4166 ac. (including part of Kirk Ella par.), pop. 2696; township (partly in Kirk Ella par.), 2695 ac., pop. 2557; P.O., T.O., and P.O., T.O., at Hessle Road; in vicinity is the seat of Hessle Wood Hall.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, township, and village, with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hessle Parish       Hessle Parish       Yorkshire Ancient County
Place: Hessle

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