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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gristhorpe like this:
GRISTHORPE, a township in Filey parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the coast, and on the Hull and Scarboringh railway, 2 miles NW of Filey. It has a station on the railway. Acres, 1, 070; of which 260 are water. Pop., 207. house, 41. The coast cliff here has a height of 280 feet; presents an interesting study to geologists; and is rich in fossil plants.
Gristhorpe 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 Gristhorpe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Gristhorpe, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12764
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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