Place:Wilsthorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

source: Family History Library Catalog

Wilsthorpe was one of the three civil parishes which joined the parish of Fraisthorpe with Auburn and Wilsthorpe in 1896. Earlier it was part of Bridlington parish in the Dickering Wapentake.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Wilsthorpe from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"WILSTHORPE, a township in Bridlington parish, [East Riding of] Yorkshire; 2 miles S of Bridlington. Population: 18. House: 1. "

Both Wilsthorpe and Auburn were situated very close to the sea and were constantly threated with erosion. Hence the decision to link the two very small communities with Fraisthorpe which was somewhat larger with a centre much further away from the coast.

Research Tips

• GENUKI on Auburn. GENUKI considers both Auburn and Fraisthorpe chapelries of Carnaby, a parish to the south.
• The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Auburn provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
• 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.

• For a discussion of where to find Archive Offices in Yorkshire, see GENUKI.
• Yorkshire has a large number of family history and genealogical societies. A list of the societies will be found on the Yorkshire, England page.

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