EASINGTON, a township and a parish in Guis. brough district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the coast, 6 miles SE by E of Saltburn-by-the-Sea r. station, and 9 E by N of Guisbrough; and has a post office under Redcar. Acres, 3, 893; of which 284 are water. Real property, £3, 791; of which £517 are in mines. Pop., 566. Houses, 114. The parish includes also the township of Liverton. Acres, 6, 293. Real property, £5, 007. Pop., 752. Houses, 152. The property is not much divided. Part of the surface is high, and bears the name of Easington heights. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Liverton, in the diocese of York. Valne, £436.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. There are two churches, for respectively Easington and Liverton; and both are good.

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