Place:Kelfield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Kelfield is a small village and civil parish now located in the Selby District of North Yorkshire, England.

It is situated on the northern bank of the River Ouse, equidistant between the villages of Riccall, Cawood and Stillingfleet, approximately 5 miles north-west of Selby.

From 1894 until 1935, Kelfield was located in Riccal Rural District. In 1935 the Rical Rural District was abolished and its place was taken by Derwent Rural District which administered the local area until the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974. Since 1974, Kelfield has been in the Selby District of North Yorkshire.

Historically, Kelfield was in the ecclesiastical parish of Stillingfleet in the wapentake of Ouse and Derwent.

History

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Research Tips

• GENUKI on Kelfield. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
• The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Stillingfleet provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
• A Vision of Britain through Time on Kelfield.
• 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.