Kelfield, East Riding of Yorkshire

Historical Description

Kelfield, a township in Stillingfleet parish, E.R. Yorkshire, on the river Ouse, 4 miles NNW of Selby and 2 from Riccall station on the N.E.B. It has a post office under York; money order and telegraph office, Cawood. Acreage, 1791; population, 297. The manor belongs to the Preston family. Kelfield Hall formerly belonged to the Stillingtons. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the East Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following East Riding newspapers online:

• Hull Daily Mail
• Hull Packet
• Driffield Times
• Hull Advertiser and Exchange Gazette
• Beverley and East Riding Recorder