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| Name | Youlthorpe with Gowthorpe |
| Alt names | Youlthorpe-with-Gowthorpe | source: alternate name | | Youlthorpe | source: hamlet in parish | | Gowthorpe | source: hamlet in parish |
| Type | Township, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 53.981°N 0.837°W |
| Located in | East Riding of Yorkshire, England (1866 - 1935) |
| Also located in | Yorkshire, England |
| See also | Harthill Wapentake, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | wapentake in which the parish was located | | Bishop Wilton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | ancient parish of which it was a township | | Pocklington Rural, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | rural district in which the civil parish was located 1894-1935 | | Bishop Wilton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | civil parish into which it was merged in 1935 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
| NOTE:Youlthorpe with Gowthorpe is in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and the township of Ossett with Gawthorpe is in the West Riding of Yorkshire near Wakefield. Ossett with Gawthorpe ceased to exist in the mid 19th century and has been redirected to Ossett, the large town which replaced it. Check your sources, the two places only vary by one letter.
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Youlthorpe with Gowthorpe was a civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was made up of the hamlets of Youlthorpe and Gowthorpe and was merged into the civil parish of Bishop Wilton in 1935. Both civil parishes were part of the Pocklington Rural District.
Youlthorpe
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Youlthorpe (with Gowthorpe) from John Bartolomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles of 1887:
- "Youlthorpe with Gowthorpe, township, Bishop Wilton par., East-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles NW. of Pocklington, 1180 [acres], pop. 85."
Gowthorpe
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Gowthorpe from John Bartolomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles of 1887:
- "Gowthorpe, hamlet, Bishop Wilton par., East-Riding Yorkshire, 4 miles NW. of Pocklington. See YOULTHORPE WITH GOWTHORPE."
Research Tips
- A Vision of Britain through Time on Youlthorpe with Gowthorpe.
- 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.
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