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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Goxhill like this:
GOXHILL, a parish in Skirlaugh district, E. R. Yorkshire; on the Hull and Hornsea railway, 2 miles SW of Hornsea. Post town, Hornsea, under Hull. Acres, 831. Real property, £1, 073. Pop., 63. Houses, 11. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York, Value, £284. Patron, the Rev.Constable. The old church had Norman parts; and the present one is recent, and has an embattled tower.
Goxhill is now part of EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Goxhill itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Goxhill, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12739
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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