Brafferton, North Riding

Description
Brafferton, a township and a parish in N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Swale, adjacent to the Boroughbridge and Pilmoor railway, 3 1/2 miles NE of Boroughbridge. It has a station on the railway, and is contiguous to Helperby village, which has a post, money order, and telegraph office under York. Area of the township, 1847 acres; population, 255; of the ecclesiastical parish, 875. The parish includes also the townships of Helperby, Thornton-Bridge, and Fawdington, and the hamlet of Pilmoor. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York ; gross value, £288 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good, and there are several charities.