BISHOP-BURTON, or Louth-Burton, a parish in Beverley district, E. R. Yorkshire; on the Wolds, 3 miles W of Beverley r. station. It has a post office, of the name of Bishop-Burton, under Beverley. Acres, 3,970. Real property, £7,778. Pop., 499. Houses, 102. The property is divided among a few. A residence of the Archbishops of York was formerly here. Bishop-Burton Hall is the seat of the Watts. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £100.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of York. The church commands a fine view, and is good. There are a Baptist chapel, an endowed school with £20, and almshouses with £72.

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