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

EARSWICK, a township in Huntington parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Foss, near the Scarborough railway, 4½ miles NNE of York. Acres, 1, 020. Pop., 97. Houses, 20.

Earswick through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12365

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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