Gransmoor

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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 mi south-west of the town of Bridlington and 3 mi south-east of the village of Burton Agnes. In 1931 the parish had a population of 83. 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 1100 acre of hamlet land. Gransmoor was formerly a township in the parish of Burton-Agnes, from 1866 Gransmoor was a civil parish in its own right, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Burton Agnes.

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