Wilberfoss Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Wilberfoss is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Newton upon Derwent.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1618
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WILBERFOSS, a township and a parish in Pocklington district, E. R. Yorkshire.

The township lies 2 miles SSW of Fangfoss r. station, and 8 E of York; gives name to the family of Wilberforce, who were seated here till 1710; and has a post-office under York. Acres, 1,230. Real property, £2,095. Pop., 386. Houses, 89.

The parish includes Newton-upon-Derwent township, and comprises 2,870 acres. Pop., 632. Houses, 141. The property is subdivided. A Benedictine nunnery was founded here, before 1153, by Alan de Catton; and was given, at the dissolution, to G. Gale.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £74. Patrons, Lord Leconfield and others. The church was recently restored.

There are two Methodist chapels, and charities £25.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Registers

Paver’s Marriage Licences

It would appear that a good many licences were never used. So genealogists should exercise a little care in their acceptance of the licenses.

1630 Roger Wilberfoss, Wilberfoss, and Margaret Agar, Stockton — either place.

Source: The Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series Vol XL for the Year 1908; Edited by John WM. Clay, F.S.A., Vice-President of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society; Printed for the Society 1909.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Wilberfoss – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Wilberfoss monumental inscriptions
Author:    East Yorkshire Family History Society

England, Yorkshire, Wilberfoss – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Wilberfoss, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Wilberfoss – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Wilberfoss, 1600-1875
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wilberfoss (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Wilberfoss, parish registers, 1837-1978
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wilberfoss (Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute

Parish registers for Wilberfoss, 1618-1901
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wilberfoss (Yorkshire)

The parish registers of Catton, Dunnington, Elvington & Wilberfoss (all East Riding) : 1592-1812, 1580-1812, 1600-1812, 1618-1812
Author:    Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Parish Register Section; Church of England. Parish Church of Catton (Yorkshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Dunnington (Yorkshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Elvington (Yorkshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Wilberfoss (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Wilberfoss – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Wilberfoss, Yorks., Eng

England, Yorkshire, Wilberfoss – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Newton Derwent, 1783-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Wilberfoss, 1783-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Administration

  • County:    Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District:    Pocklington
  • Probate Court:    Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese:    York
  • Rural Deanery:    Harthill and Hull
  • Poor Law Union:    Pocklington
  • Hundred:    Harthill
  • Province:    York