Place:Garton (near Driffield), East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameGarton (near Driffield)
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates54.021°N 0.5002°W
Located inEast Riding of Yorkshire, England     (1935 - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
Humberside, England     (1974 - 1996)
East Riding of Yorkshire, England     (1996 - )
See alsoGarton on the Wolds, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandcivil parish from which it was formed in 1935
Elmswell with Little Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandcivil parish from which it was formed in 1935
Driffield Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district in which the civil parish was located 1935-1974

Garton is a civil parish formed in 1935 from the civil parishes of Garton on the Wolds and Elmswell with Little Driffield in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The civil parish was part of Driffield Rural District.

According to the 2011 UK census, Garton parish had a population of 348, an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 299.

Humberside 1974-1996

In 1974 most of what had been the East Riding of Yorkshire was joined with the northern part of Lincolnshire to became a new English county named Humberside. The urban and rural districts of the former counties were abolished and Humberside was divided into non-metropolitan districts. The new organization did not meet with the pleasure of the local citizenry and Humberside was wound up in 1996. The area north of the River Humber was separated into two "unitary authorities"—Kingston upon Hull covering the former City of Hull and its closest environs, and the less urban section to the west and to the north which, once again, named itself the East Riding of Yorkshire.

The phrase "Yorkshire and the Humber" serves no purpose in WeRelate. It refers to one of a series of basically economic regions established in 1994 and abolished for most purposes in 2011. See the Wikipedia article entited "Regions of England").


Research Tips

  • 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.
  • Further research tips will be found on the pages for the civil parishes that joined to make Garton.