REIGHTON, or Righton, a village and a parish in Bridlington district, E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands near the coast, 1½ mile N W of Speeton r. station, and 5½ N W by N of Bridlington; and has a post-office under Hull. The parish comprises 1, 680 acres of land, and 138of foreshore. Real property, £2, 334. Pop., 251. Houses, 55. The manor belongs to Admiral Mitford. B Hall is an ancient brick edifice. A line of rampart extends along the brick brow of the Wolds, between Reighton and Speeton-Cliff. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £177.* Patron, Sir G. Strickland, Bart. The church has a Norman chancel and a bell turret; and the churchyard commands fineviews. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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