Wilberfoss, East Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Wilberfoss, a village, a township, and a parish in E.R. Yorkshire. The township lies 1½ mile SSW of Fangfoss station on the N.E.R., and 8 miles E of York, gives name to the family of Wilberforce, who were seated here till 1710, and has a post and money order office under York; telegraph office, Stamford Bridge. Acreage, 1472; population, 381. Lord Leconfield is lord of the manor. The parish includes Newton-upon-Derwent township. Population, 585. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. A Benedictine nunnery was founded here before 1153 by Alan de Catton, and was given after the dissolution to G. Gale, but no remains of it exist. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; net value, £84 with residence. Patrons, Lord Leconfield and others. The church is an ancient building in the Norman style. It consists of chancel, nave, S aisle, S porch, and an embattled western tower with pinnacles. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.
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 | Wilberfoss St. John the Baptist | |
Poor Law union | Pocklington | |
Riding | East | |
Wapentake | Harthill |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with various Archives, Local Studies, and Family History Societies have the following parish records online for Wilberfoss:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1618-1914 | 1754-1900 | 1618-1930 | 1618-1978 |
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 Wilberfoss from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wilberfoss (St. John the Baptist))
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 Wilberfoss 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: