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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Little Driffield like this:
DRIFFIELD (Little), a township-chapelry in Driffield parish, E. R. Yorkshire; 1 mile WNW of Driffield. Post town, Driffield. Rated property, £3, 398. Pop., 197. Houses, 41. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Driffield, in the diocese of York. The church is good; and has a stone tablet, bearing that the body of Alfred, king of Northumbria, who died in 705, was buried here.
Little Driffield 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 Little Driffield itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Little Driffield, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/856
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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