Great, a market-town and seat of a poor-law union, in the east riding of Yorkshire, 28 miles E. by N. from York, and 196 N. by W. from London by road. The town—which consists of one principal street, from which some smaller ones diverge—is agreeably situated at the foot of the Wolds, and is connected with the port of Hull by a navigable canal. It stands in the centre of a fertile district, the inhabitants of which are chiefly engaged in agriculture; and an important market is held in the town every Thursday, in which extensive transactions take place in corn and cattle. The principal public buildings in Great Driffield are the corn exchange, the dispensary, the mechanics' institution, and the station of the Hull and Scarborough railway. Besides the parish church, it contains places of worship for Independents, Methodists, and Baptists; and also national and infant schools. In the town is a manufactory of chemical manure, while in the neighbourhood are numerous flour-mills, and mills for bone-crushing. The living of Great Driffield is a vicarage, with the perpetual curacy of Little Driffield attached, in the archdeaconry of the east riding, and diocese of York. Pop. (1851) 3792.