Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GOXHILL

GOXHILL, a parish in Skirlaugh district, E. R. Yorkshire; on the Hull and Hornsea railway, 2 miles SW of Hornsea. Post town, Hornsea, under Hull. Acres, 831. Real property, £1, 073. Pop., 63. Houses, 11. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York, Value, £284. Patron, the Rev.Constable. The old church had Norman parts; and the present one is recent, and has an embattled tower.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Goxhill Parish       Skirlaugh Poor Law Union/Registration District       Yorkshire Ancient County
Place: Goxhill

Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.