Elvington Parish information from Bulmers' 1892. Geographical and Historical information from the year 1892. This parish lies on the western side of the Derwent, between the parishes of Kexby and Wheldrake. Its total area, according to the Ordnance Survey, is 2,371 acres. The soil is various, but near the river it is a rich alluvial deposit, forming excellent meadow land, called Ings.
Willows are here extensively grown for basket making.
The rateable value is 2,631, and the population in 1881 was 376. The principal landowners are John Dobby, Esq. The Derwent, which forms the eastern boundary of the parish, is tidal up to Elvington locks, where there is a rise, at high water, of about two feet six inches. The river, here, divides into two channels enclosing a small island. The fishery, on the Elvington side of the river, belongs to the lord of the manor, and is rented by Messrs. Aspinall and Masterman, of York, who are also the lessees of the fisheries on the Sutton side, and adjacent parts, of the river.