In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kettleness like this:
KETTLENESS, a hamlet in Lythe township and parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the coast, at the SE side of Runswick bay, 6 miles NW of Whitby. Here are alum works belonging to the Marquis of Normanby. Here also are fossiliferous cliffs, parts of which took fire and burned for two years.
Additional information about this locality is available for Lythe
Kettleness through time
Kettleness is now part of Scarborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Scarborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kettleness itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kettleness, in Scarborough and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25243
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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