SIGGLESTHORNE, a township and a parish in Shirlaugh district, E. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 3 miles NW of Hatfield r. station, and 3½ WSW of Hornsea; and has a post-office under Hull. Acres, 1,650. Real property, £1,711. Pop., 217. Houses, 47. The parish contains also four other townships and a part, and comprises 6,319 acres. Pop. in 1851, 703; in 1861, 818. Houses, 162. The property is subdivided. S. Hall is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £585.* Patron, the Crown. The church was recently restored. Charities, £16.

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