Hedon, East Riding of Yorkshire

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Hedon is a town in East Riding of Yorkshire

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Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Hedon within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Hedon in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Hedon, mun. bor. and par. with ry. sta., East-Riding Yorkshire, 5¼ miles E. of Hull, 321 ac., pop. 966; P.O., T.O. In the days of Edward I. Hedon ranked above Hull as an important commercial centre, but the harbour being destroyed by tidal deposits, the trade of the town gradually declined. Hedon was a parl. bor. until 1832; its chief trade is in corn.

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Heydon, Yorkshire. See HEDON.

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