Bubwith, East Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Bubwith, a large village, a township, and a parish in E.R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Derwent, and on the Selby and Market-Weighton railway, 6½ miles NE by E of Selby, and has two stations on the railway, Bubwith and Bubwith-High-Field, ½ of a mile distant from each other, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Selby. Acreage, 1545; population, 566; of ecclesiastical parish, 1166. The parish contains also the townships of Harlthorpe, Foggathorpe, Gribthorpe, Willitoft, Spaldington, and Breighton-cum-Gunby. A bridge of three large and seven smaller arches crosses the Derwent in Bubwith township. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York, in the gift alternately of the Lord Chancellor and the Dean and Chapter of York; gross value, £205 with residence. The church is a fine edifice consisting of nave, aisles, and chancel, with square, embattled, and pinnacled tower. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels and several charities. Bishop Nicholas de Bubwith, who attended the council of Constance, was a native.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Bubwith All Saints | |
Poor Law union | Howden | |
Riding | East | |
Wapentake | Harthill |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Bubwith Parish Registers (Christenings, Marriages, Burials), 1600-1601, 1623-1767 (£)
Findmypast, in conjunction with various Archives, Local Studies, and Family History Societies have the following parish records online for Bubwith:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1623-1886 | 1658-1847 | 1624-1900 | 1624-1989 |
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Bubwith from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bubwith (All Saints))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the East Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Bubwith are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following East Riding newspapers online: