Baines, Edward (1823): History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County of York, p. 193 In 1892 Drewton was recorded as a joint township with Everthorpe of 2114 acres , and described as being on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds with views of York Minster, Goole, Howden, Selby Abbey, the Humber, and the Lincolnshire coast.