GENUKI: Bishop Wilton

The Ancient Parish of BISHOP WILTON

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"BISHOP WILTON, a parish in the wapentake of Harthill, and liberty of St. Peters; 4 miles N. of Pocklington. The church is an ancient structure, dedicated to St. Michael (see Churches for photograph), the Rev. William Metcalfe is the vicar, and Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, lord of the manor, the patron. Pop 570.

"Bishop Neville formerly resided in this parish, which gave rise to the name of Bishop-Wilton. Here is a field moated round, where his palace stood to this day, and the Neville's Arms are, on painted glass, in one of the windows of the church.""

"BOLTON, in the parish of Bishop Wilton, wapentake of Harthill, and liberty of St. Peter's; 2¼ miles SW. of Bishop Wilton, 3¼ miles NW. of Pocklington. (Bolton-Hall, the seat of John Preston, Esq.) There is here no place of Worship except a small Methodist chapel. Pop. 112."

"GARROWBY NEW INN, in the township and parish of Bishop-Wilton; 12 miles from York and Sledmere."

"GOWTHORPE, in the parish of Bishop Wilton, wapentake of Harthill and liberty of St. Peter's; 2¼ miles W. of Bishop Wilton, 4 miles NW. of Pocklington. Population, (included with Youlthorpe) 111."

"GREENWICK, a single house in the parish of Bishop Wilton, and wapentake of Harthill; 3 miles ENE. of Bishop Wilton, 5 miles NE. of Pocklington."

"HIGH BELTHORPE, in the parish of Bishop Wilton, wapentake of Harthill and liberty of St. Peter's; 1 mile WSW. of Bishop Wilton, 5 miles N. of Pocklington. Population included with Bishop Wilton."

"YOULTHORPE, in the parish of Bishop Wilton, wapentake of Harthill, and liberty of St. Peter's; 2 miles W. of Bishop Wilton, 5 miles NNW. of Pocklington. Population including Gowthorpe, 111."

Cemeteries

Photographs of the over 360 gravestones and plaques at Bishop Wilton with linked surname index.
Photographs of the over 38 gravestones at Bolton with linked surname index.

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Edith's Church, Bishop Wilton (view 1).
  - Internal view looking down the aisle
  - The Font and Font cover
- St. Edith's Church, Bishop Wilton (view 2).
- The old Methodist Chapel (1810), Bishop Wilton.
- The Methodist Church, Bolton. (The Church's website is here.)

Church History

Transcript of the entry for Bishop Wilton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Bolton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Bishop Wilton.
The List of Vicars in St. Edith's Church, Bishop Wilton.

Directories

Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the East Riding.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1892. of the East Riding.

Gazetteers

There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1892 History and Directory of the East Riding.

Manors

Andrew Sefton has transcribed the following from documents at the Brynmor Jones Library at Hull University.
- A list of the Tenants of the Manor of Bishop Wilton for the year 1765.
- A list of the Tenants of the Manor of Bishop Wilton for the year 1610-11.
- A list of the Proprietors of Bishop Wilton for the year 1769.

Maps

For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.

Memorial Inscriptions

The 1914-18 War Memorial at Bishop Wilton.

Societies

This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies:
- East Yorkshire FHS
- The City of York and District FHS

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