Place:Driffield Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameDriffield Rural
TypeRural district
Coordinates54.029°N 0.466°W
Located inEast Riding of Yorkshire, England     (1894 - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
See alsoGreat Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandurban district from which parishes were absorbed in 1935
Norton Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district which received parishes from Driffield Rural in 1935
Pocklington Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district which gave up parishes to Driffield Rural in 1935
North Wolds District, Humberside, Englandadministrative district which absorbed Driffield Rural in 1974
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Driffield Rural District was located in the East Riding of Yorkshire in England from 1894 to 1974. It surrounded the municipal borough of Driffield.

The district was created by the Local Government Act 1894. It absorbed part of the Great Driffield Urban District when that was abolished in 1935. At the same time parts of the rural district were transferred to the newly-formed Driffield Urban District and to Norton Rural District and one parish was gained from Pocklington Rural District.

Driffield Rural District was abolished in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. The district was transferred to the new district of North Wolds in Humberside. In 1996 Humberside was abolished and since then the area is again part of what is called the East Riding of Yorkshire.

List of Parishes

Ancient parishes are listed in bold type.

ParishDescriptionDuration       Notes, Destination
Bainton parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974 expanded by Neswick 1935
Beeford parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974 expanded by Gembling 1935
Bracken township, civil parish 1894 - 1935 became part of Watton in 1935
Brigham township, civil parish 1894 - 1935 became part of Foston on the Wolds in 1935
Butterwick (near Great Driffield) township, civil parish 1894 - 1935 transferred to Norton Rural District as Foxholes in 1935
Cottam chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1974 expanded by Cowlam 1935
Cowlam parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1935 became part of Cottam in 1935
Eastburn (near Driffield) township, civil parish 1894 - 1935 became part of Kirkburn in 1935
Elmswell civil parish 1894 - 1935 also known as Elmswell with Little Driffield, became part of Driffield Urban District in 1935
Fimber chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1974 expanded 1935 by Towthorpe (near Great Driffield)
Foston on the Wolds civil parish 1935 - 1974 expanded by Brigham in 1935 as Foston, since reverted to the name Foston on the Wolds
Foxholes with Boythorpe township, civil parish 1894 - 1935 transferred to Norton Rural District as Foxholes in 1935
Fridaythorpe parish (ancient), civil parish 1935 - 1974 transferred from Pocklington Rural District in 1935
Garton (near Driffield) civil parish 1935 - 1974 created from Elmswell with Little Driffield and Garton on the Wolds in 1935
Garton on the Wolds parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1935 became part of Garton (near Driffield) in 1935
Gembling township, civil parish 1894 - 1935 became part of Beeford in 1935
Great Kelk township, civil parish 1894 - 1935 became part of Kelk in 1935
Harpham township, chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1974 expanded 1935 by Lowthorpe and Ruston Parva
Helperthorpe parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974 transferred to Norton Rural District in 1935
Hutton Cranswick parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974 expanded 1935 by Sunderlandwick and Rotsea
Kelk civil parish 1935 - 1974 created from Great Kelk and Little Kelk in 1935
Kilham parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Kirkburn civil parish 1935 - 1974 created from Kirkburn and Battleburn and Southburn in 1935
Kirkburn and Battleburn township, civil parish 1894 - 1935 became Kirkburn in 1935
Langtoft parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Little Kelk extraparochial area, civil parish 1894 - 1935 became part of Kelk in 1935
Lowthorpe parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1935 became part of Harpham in 1935
Luttons Ambo township, civil parish 1894 - 1935 transferred to Norton Rural District as Luttons in 1935
Middleton on the Wolds parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Nafferton parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Neswick township, civil parish 1894 - 1935 became part of Bainton in 1935
North Dalton parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
North Frodingham parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Rotsea township, civil parish 1894 - 1935 became part of Hutton Cranswick in 1935
Ruston Parva chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1935 became part of Harpham in 1935
Skerne parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974 part to Driffield Urban District in 1935; also received area from Wansford 1935
Sledmere parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Southburn township, civil parish 1894 - 1935 became part of Kirkham in 1935
Sunderlandwick township, civil parish 1894 - 1935 became part of Hutton Cranswick in 1935
Tibthorpe township, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Towthorpe (near Great Driffield) township, civil parish 1894 - 1935 became part of Fimber in 1935
Wansford township, civil parish 1894 - 1935 became part of Skerne in 1935
Watton parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974 expanded by Bracken 1935
Weaverthorpe parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1935 transferred to Norton Rural District in 1935
Wetwang parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974

Research Tips

  • A Vision of Britain through Time on Driffield Rural District. This section provides statistics on population and industry, as well as a listing of the civil parishes and the alterations to the municipal organization.