Butterwick, Yorkshire Family History Guide
Butterwick is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1790 from Foxholes Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: Foxholes St Nicholas, Butterwick near Great Driffield
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1797
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1601
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A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
BUTTERWICK, a chapelry, in the parish of Foxholes, union of Driffield. wapentake of Dickering, E. riding of York, 10½ miles (N. by W.) from Great Driffield; containing 100 inhabitants.
It comprises about 1645 acres, of which 1470 are arable, 95 grass, and 80 plantation: the village, which is neat, is situated on the banks of a small rivulet.
The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £47; patron, the Rector of Foxholes. The tithes were commuted for land in 1771. In the church, which is a small ancient edifice, is a Knight Templar’s monument at full length.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Driffield
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: Dickering
- Poor Law Union: Driffield
- Hundred: Dickering
- Province: York