Place:North Cliffe, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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North Cliffe is a hamlet in the [[Place:Sancton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England|East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of North Cave, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Newbald and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Market Weighton. The hamlet bestrides Cliffe Road. On the eastern side lie the houses, and to the west is a small church/chapel.

Historically, North Cliffe was in the ecclesiastical parish of Sancton in the wapentake of Harthill. From 1894 until 1935, North Cliffe was a civil parish in the Pocklington Rural District. In 1935 it was abolished and the area was merged with the neighbouring parish of South Cliffe, sometimes known as North Cliffe and South Cliffe.

Research Tips

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