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

ELLERBY, a township in Lythe parish, N. R. Yorkshire; about a mile from the sea, 7½ miles WNW of Whitby. Acres, 739. Pop., 103. Houses, 19.

Ellerby through time

Ellerby 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 Ellerby itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12413

Date accessed: 09th April 2026


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