Bishop Wilton, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes  East Riding  Bishop Wilton

Parish History
This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1613.

BISHOP-WILTON, a village, a township, and a parish in Pocklington district, E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on a brook in the Wolds, 3 miles NE of Fangfoss r. station, and 4½ N of Pocklington; and has a post office under York. The township includes the village, and is united to Belthorpe, under the name of Bishop-Wiltonwith-Belthorpe. Acres, 4,970. Real property, £4,778. Pop., 658. Houses, 141. The parish includes also the townships of Bolton and Youlthorpe-with-Gowthorpe. Acres, 7,204. Real property, £7,238. Pop., 910. Houses, 189. The property is divided among a few. The scenery is picturesque. Remains exist of a moated palace built, in the time of Edward IV., by Bishop Neville. An ancient Beacon, called the Wilton Beacon, crowns an eminence about a mile NE of the village. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £148.* Patron, Sir T. Sykes, Bart. The church consists of nave, aisles, north chapel and chancel, with west tower and octagonal spire; and was repaired in 1859. There are chapels for Wesleyan Methodists and Primitive Methodists.

From: John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Church records
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This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1613.

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Probate records
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