Bubwith, Yorkshire Genealogy

Guide to Bubwith, Yorkshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
BUBWITH (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Howden, Holme-Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, East Riding Yorkshire; consisting of the seven townships of Bubwith, Foggathorpe, Gribthorpe, Harlthorpe, Spaldington, and Willitoft. Church of England records began in 1623. There are places of worship for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church Records
Online data content from chapelry registers of Bubwith exists at some of the following websites and for the specified ranges of years:

To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Census Records
http://www.bubwith.net has an index and transcript of information to the census records for the years 1841, 1851, and 1881 for all individuals

Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Yorkshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.


 * An index 1389-1688 to the Exchequer and Prerogative Court of York to Bubwith people is online.


 * An index 1326-1724 to the Court of The Dean and Chapter of York to Bubwith people is online.


 * An index 1226-1872 to wills in Yorkshire Archives is listed online.


 * An index 1383-1857 to Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills is listed online

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain