FRODINGHAM (North), a village and a parish in Driffield district, E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands near the river Hull, 4½ miles E of Hutton-Cranswick r. station, and 5½ SE by E of Great Driffield; was once a market-town; and has a post office under Driffield, and fairs on 10 July and 2 Oct. The parish contains also the hamlet of Emmotland. Acres, 2, 880. Real property, £5, 333. Pop., 837. Houses, 194. The property is much subdivided. Some ancient timber has been dug from beneath the soil at Emmotland. The Old Hoo used to be navigated by flat-bottomed boats, to North Frodingham village; but is now dry. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £250.* Patron, the Rev. H. West. The church has a Norman door, and is not very good. There are three dissenting chapels, a national school, and charities £13.

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