Place:Bishop Wilton with Belthorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameBishop Wilton with Belthorpe
Alt namesHigh Belthorpesource: from redirect
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates53.986°N 0.786°W
Located inEast Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1935)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
See alsoHarthill Wapentake, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandwapentake in which the parish was located
Bishop Wilton, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish of which it was a township
Pocklington Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district in which it was situated 1894-1935
Bishop Wilton, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandparish into which it was absorbed in 1935

Bishop Wilton with Belthorpe was the official name of the civil parish which became simply Bishop Wilton in 1935. High Belthorpe was a hamlet within the parish.

Historically, Bishop Wilton with Belthorpe was a township in the ecclesiastical parish of Bishop Wilton in the wapentake of Harthill ; and from 1894 until 1935, a civil parish in Pocklington Rural District.

Research Tips

  • GENUKI on Bishop Wilton and High Belthorpe. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
  • The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Bishop Wilton provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time on Bishop Wilton with Belthorpe.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time provides links to three maps of the East Riding, produced by the United Kingdom Ordnance Survey, illustrating the boundaries between the civil parishes and the rural districts at various dates. These maps all expand to a scale that will illustrate small villages and large farms or estates.