Place:Duggleby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Duggleby is a hamlet since 1974 in the Ryedale District of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated northeast from York and southeast from Scarborough.

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Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Leavening was located in Norton Rural District. It was made a civil parish in 1866. Historically, it was a township of the ancient parish of Kirby Grindalythe in the Buckrose Wapentake. In 1935 it was merged back into Kirby Grindalythe.

Research Tips

• GENUKI on Duggleby.
• A Vision of Britain through Time on Duggleby.
• The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Kirby Grindalythe provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
• 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.

• Ordnance Survey 1888. The "Sanitary Districts (which preceded the rural districts).
• Ordnance Survey 1900 The rural districts, not long after their introduction.
• Ordnance Survey 1944. The rural districts after the revisions of 1935.

• For a discussion of where to find Archive Offices in Yorkshire, see GENUKI.
• Yorkshire has a large number of family history and genealogical societies. A list of the societies will be found on the Yorkshire, England page.