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GARTON, a township in Skirlaugh district, and a parish partly also in Patrington district, E. R. Yorkshire. The township bears the name of Garton-with-Grimston; and lies on the coast, 7½ miles NE of Hedon r. station, and 12 ENE of Hull. Acres, 1, 797. Real property, £2, 805. Pop., 154. Houses, 29. The parish includes also part of the township of Owstwick, which has a post office under Hull. Acres, with the rest of Owstwick, 3, 127. Real property, with the rest of O., £4, 677. Pop. of G. alone, 195. Houses, 37. The property is divided among a few. Grimston Hall is the seat of the lineal descendants of Sylvester de Grimston, standard-bearer to William the Conqueror; is a large castellated mansion; occupies an elevated site near the shore; and commands extensive and magnificent views. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £97. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient, but good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Patrington RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Garton |
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