In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brackenholme like this:

BRACKENHOLM-WITH-WOODHALL, a township in Hemingbrough parish, E. R. Yorkshire; on the river Derwent, adjacent to the Selby and Hull railway, 4 miles NW of Howden. Acres, 1,503. Real property, £1,956. Pop., 102. Houses, 19.

Brackenholme through time

Brackenholme is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brackenholme itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brackenholme, in North Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11632

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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