Place:Escrick Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Escrick Rural District existed in the East Riding of Yorkshire from 1894 to 1935.

It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from the part of the York Rural Sanitary District which was in the East Riding.

It was abolished in 1935 under a County Review Order. Most of the civil parishes within Escrick Rural went to form part of the new Derwent Rural District, with a small number becoming part of Pocklington Rural District.

For map references, see under "Research Tips" below.

Civil Parishes

The civil parishes within Escrick Rural District were as follows:

• Deighton (near York)
• Dunnington (near York) (including the hamlet of Grimston)
• Elvington
• Escrick
• Fulford
• Heslington
• Kexby
• Langwith
• Naburn
• Stillingfleet
• Thorganby with West Cottingwith
• Stamford Bridge with Scoreby
• Wheldrake

Research Tips

• A Vision of Britain through Time on Escrick 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.
• 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.