Place:Laytham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Laytham is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Goole town centre and 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Holme on Spalding Moor. It consists of approximately a dozen houses and two working farms set in a rural environment.

Historically, Laytham was in the ecclesiastical parishes of both Bubwith and Aughton (near Bubwith) in the wapentake of Harthill. From 1894 until 1935, Laytham was located in Howden Rural District. In 1935 Laytham was absorbed into the neighbouring civil parish of Foggathorpe.

Research Tips

• GENUKI on Laytham. 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 Laytham.
• 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.