Global InformationGransmoor information
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  Gransmoor Location within the East Riding of Yorkshire | |
| OS grid reference | TA124594 |
| • London | 170 mi (270 km) S |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DRIFFIELD |
| Postcode district | YO25 |
| Dialling code | 01262 |
| Police | Humberside |
| Fire | Humberside |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
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Gransmoor is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Burton Agnes, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 6 miles (10 km) south-west of the town of Bridlington and 3 miles (5 km) south-east of the village of Burton Agnes. In 1931 the parish had a population of 83.[1]
In 1823 Gransmoor was in the parish of Burton Agnes and the Wapentake of Dickering. Population was 85, which included six farmers and a carrier who operated between the hamlet and Bridlington once weekly. By 1840 population was 93, again with six farmers. A chapel was built in 1839 by the owner of all 1,100 acres (4.5 km2) of hamlet land.[2][3]
Gransmoor was formerly a township in the parish of Burton-Agnes,[4] from 1866 Gransmoor was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Burton Agnes.[5]
- ^ "Population statistics Gransmoor Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, p. 211
- ^ White, William (1840); History, Gazetteer and Directory of the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire, p. 379
- ^ "History of Gransmoor, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Gransmoor Tn/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 8 August 2023.