Place:Reighton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameReighton
Alt namesReightonsource: from redirect
Rictonsource: Domesday Book (1985) p 308
Rictonesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 308
Rightonsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeChapelry, Parish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates54.151°N 0.254°W
Located inEast Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inNorth Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
Yorkshire, England    
See alsoDickering Wapentake, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandwapentake in which the parish was located
Bridlington Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Scarborough District, North Yorkshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Reighton is a now village and civil parish, in the Scarborough District of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2011 UK census, Reighton parish had a population of 407, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 387.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Reighton from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"REIGHTON, or Righton, a village and a parish in Bridlington [registration] district, [East Riding of] Yorkshire. The village stands near the coast, 1½ mile N W of Speeton [railway] station, and 5½ N W by N of Bridlington; and has a post-office under Hull. The parish comprises 1,680 acres of land, and 138 [acres] of foreshore. Real property: £2,334. Population: 251. Houses: 55. The manor belongs to Admiral Mitford. [Reighton] Hall is an ancient brick edifice. A line of rampart extends along the brick brow of the Wolds, between Reighton and Speeton Cliff. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value: £177. Patron: Sir G. Strickland, Bart. The church has a Norman chancel and a bell turret; and the churchyard commands fine views. There is a Wesleyan chapel."

Wikipedia has an article on Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811-1853).

Originally Reighton was a chapelry in the ancient parish of Hunmanby in the Dickering Wapentake, but it became an ecclesistical parish in 1269. From 1894 until 1974 Reighton was part of the Bridlington Rural District. In 1935 it absorbed the neighbouring parish of Speeton.

Research Tips

  • GENUKI on Reighton.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time on Boynton.
  • The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Reighton provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time provides links to three maps of the East Riding, produced by the United Kingdom Ordnance Survey, illustrating the boundaries between the civil parishes and the rural districts at various dates. These maps all expand to a scale that will illustrate small villages and large farms or estates.
  • For a discussion of where to find Archive Offices in Yorkshire, see GENUKI.
  • Yorkshire has a large number of family history and genealogical societies. A list of the societies will be found on the Yorkshire, England page.
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