Bishop Wilton, Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Bishop Wilton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Youlthorpe with Gowthorpe, Youlthorpe, Youlethorpe with Gowthorpe, Gowthorpe, Bolton near Pocklington, Bolton, and Bishop Wilton with Belthorpe.

Parish church: St. Edith

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1613
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1601

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Bishop Wilton Parish Records

School Records

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Bishop Wilton School 1910-1912 Admissions

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

WILTON, BISHOP (St. Edith), a parish, in the union of Pocklington, Wilton-Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, E. riding of York; containing, with the township of Bolton, and that of Youlthorpe with Gowthorpe, 792 inhabitants, of whom 592 are in the township of Bishop-Wilton with Belthorpe, 4 miles (N.) from Pocklington.

This place derives its affix from the residence here of Archbishop Neville: at the time of the Domesday survey, it had a church and a priest, and the manor was held by the see of York.

The parish is situated on the road between York and Bridlington. In the township are 4214a. 1r. 3p., of which 3010 acres are arable, 1003 pasture, and 200 woodland; the soil is clay, mixed with gravel: the scenery around is very beautiful, and the village appears as if embosomed in an amphitheatre. Here is a small ironfoundry.

The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £7. 3. 6½.; net income, £148; patron and impropriator, Sir Tatton Sykes, Bart.: the tithes for the township were commuted for land and a money payment in 1769. The church is an ancient structure of various styles, with a tower and spire; on one of the windows are painted the arms of the Nevilles.

There are places of worship for Methodists; and a parochial school. Of the palace built in the reign of Edward IV. by Archbishop Neville, no vestiges now exist; but the moat which encompassed it still remains. On the Wolds are some tumuli.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Pocklington
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of Bishop Wilton
  • Diocese: York
  • Rural Deanery: Harthill and Hull
  • Poor Law Union: Pocklington
  • Hundred: Harthill
  • Province: York