BRIDLINGTON, or BURLINGTON, a market-town of England, in the east riding of York, 39 miles E.N.E. of York, and about a mile from the coast. It consists chiefly of one long narrow street of irregularly built houses. The priory erected in the early part of the twelfth century, and now used for the parish church, is a magnificent specimen of ecclesiastical architecture, and has recently been in course of restoration. It has also a town-hall, corn-exchange, temperance hall, mechanics' institute, two public subscription libraries, and grammar, national, and endowed schools. Bridlington has an active trade in corn, malt, and bones for manure; also several breweries, and a hat manufactory. Pop. (1851), including Bridlington Quay, 2432.