Bainton, East Riding

Description
Bainton, a village, a township, and a parish in the E. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the Wolds, 6 miles SW of Great Driffield, with a station on the Bridlington, Market Weighton, and Selby line. It has a post office under Driffield, the telegraph office. Acreage, 2982; population, 365. The parish includes also the township of Neswick, with an area of 987 acres and a population of 54. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York; gross value, £690 with residence. Patron, St John's College, Oxford. The church is ancient, but very good. There are also Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.