Brantingham, East Riding

Description
Brantingham, a township and a parish in E. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 2 miles N by E of Brough station on the N.E.R., and 3 S by E of Southe Cave station on the Hull and Barnsley railway. Post town, Brough, which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 1591; population of the township, 269; of the ecclesiastical parish, 568. The parish contains also the townships of Ellerker and Thorpe-Brantingham. Thorpe Hall, a large mansion of the time of Queen Elizabeth, is the seat of the Wade family. The living is a vicarage, united with the perpetual curacy of Ellerker, in the diocese of York; gross value, £375 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham.