Place:Breighton cum Gunby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

source: Family History Library Catalog

source: Family History Library Catalog

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

"BREIGHTON-CUM-GUMBY, a township in Bubwith parish, [East Riding of] Yorkshire; on the river Derwent, near the Selby and Hull railway, 4-½ miles NW of Howden. Acres: 2,030. Real property: £1,823. Population: 207. Houses: 45. Part of the land is common."

the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Breighton is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Gunby was a hamlet within the township named Breighton cum Gunby. It is situated on the east bank of the River Derwent, approximately 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Howden.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Breighton.

Historically, Breighton cum Gunby was in the ecclesiastical parish of Bubwith in the wapentake of Harthill. From 1894 until 1935, Breighton cum Gunby was located in Howden Rural District. In 1935 it was abolished to enlarge the civil parish of Bubwith.

Gunby

The only description of Gunby found is the following from a 1822 gazetteer reproduced in GENUKI. Note that the 1871 gazetteer from A Vision of Britain through Time spells the township as "Gumby", but that is the only place where the spelling is found.

"GUNBY, in the parish of Bubwith, and wapentake of Harthill; ½ mile SSW. of Bubwith, 5 miles NNW. of Howden. This township was given by William the Conqueror to Gilbert Tyson his standard-bearer, + This place, formerly Guneby, was given by William the conqueror to his standard bearer, Gilbert Tyson; it afterwards gave sirname to the family, from it called De Guneby, which resided here for many generations, in the 13th and 14th centuries, and has been the successive residence of the de Gunnebys, the Knights, the Dolmans, and the Vavasours. The old mansion house was taken down about 50 years ago."

Research Tips

• GENUKI on Breighton-cum-Gunby. 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 Breighton-cum-Gunby.
• 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.