Place:Willitoft, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Willitoft is a hamlet and former civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated just south of the A163 road and west of the B1228 road. It is approximately 8 miles (13 km) east of Selby and 7 miles (11 km) north of Goole.

Historically, Willitoft was in the ecclesiastical parish of Bubwith in the wapentake of Harthill. From 1894 until 1935, Willitoft was a civil parish in Howden Rural District. In 1935 the civil parish was abolished and the area was transferred back to its former parish of Bubwith.

NOTE: Willitoft was found as a place of type "unknown" in the database of places in Lancashire. This entry had no links to sources or to people and has been redirected here.

Research Tips

• GENUKI on Willitoft. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
• The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Bubwith provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
• Howdenshire History provides histories of towns and villages in the area provided by a local family historian. The stories of some families who emigrated to Ontario, Canada, are included.
• A Vision of Britain through Time on Willitoft.
• 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.