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The Ancient Parish of GREAT DRIFFIELD

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"GREAT DRIFFIELD, a parish in the wapentake of Harthill, and liberty of St. Peter's; 12 miles from Bridlington, 13 from Beverley, 19 from Malton, 22 from Hull, 23 from Scarborough, 30 from York, and 192 from London by way of Lincoln. The population of this place is rapidly augmenting: in 1801, it amounted to 1329; in 1811, to 1857; and in 1821, to 2303, making an increase during each 10 years of about five and twenty per cent and the ratio of mortality, owing to the combined influence of the salubrious situation of the town and the healthful pursuits of the inhabitants, does not exceed one in sixty per annum." (There is further information for Great Driffield).

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"DANESDALE, in the parish of Great Driffield, and wapentake of Harthill; 2½ miles N. of Great Driffield. There are within one mile of this place a great number of Tumuli, amounting to about five hundred, which from time immemorial have been called " Danes Graves." History is silent concerning their origin, but it is highly probable that the Danes who appear to have had a fortified camp near Flamborough, may have issued from thence to ravage the country, and have fallen victims to Saxon valour. Each tumulus is three or four feet high, and from twenty to thirty feet in circumference at the base. Many of these ancient depositaries of the dead have been recently opened, and found to contain each a human skeleton, which from the dry calcareous nature of the soil has been kept in excellent preservation upwards of a thousand years."

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"ELMSWELL, in the parish of Great Driffield, and wapentake of Harthill; 1½ miles W. of Great Driffield. Pop. with Kelleythorpe, 93."

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"KELLEYTHORPE, in the parish of Great Driffield, and wapentake of Harthill; 1¼ miles SSW. of Great Driffield."

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"KENDAL HOUSE, in the parish of Great Driffield, and wapentake of Harthill; 1½ miles NNW. of Great Driffield."

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"LITTLE DRIFFIELD, in the parish of Great Driffield, and 1 mile from it to the North West." (There is further information for Little Driffield).

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"WOLD HOUSE, a farm house in the township and parish of Great-Driffield; 3¼ miles NNW. of Great Driffield."

Churches

• Here are photographs of churches in the parish:
  • All Saints' Church, Great Driffield.
  • The Methodist Church, Great Driffield.
  • Bourne Primitive Methodist Church, Great Driffield.
  • The Roman Catholic Church, Great Driffield.
  • The Congregational Church, Great Driffield.
  • Driffield Christian Fellowship, Great Driffield.
  • St. Mary's Church, Little Driffield. (View 1)
  • St. Mary's Church, Little Driffield. (View 2)

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Great Driffield.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Little Driffield.

Description and Travel

• The Driffield Navigation was authorised by an Act of Parliament passed in 1767. It has played an important part in the development of Driffield to become the important market town it is today. The Driffield Navigation Amenities Association is working towards full restoration of the Navigation and have their own website.
• Elmswell (on the Driffield on line site).
• Kelleythorpe (on the Driffield on line site).
• Little Driffield (on the Driffield on line site).

Directories

• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Baines's Directory of 1823.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Pigot's Directory of 1829.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Pigot's Directory of 1834.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in White's Directory of 1840.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Bulmers Directory of 1892.

Gazetteers

• There is further information about this parish from Pigot's 1829 Directory Yorkshire section.
• There is further information about this parish from Pigot's 1834 Directory Yorkshire section.
• There is further information about this parish from National Gazetteer 1868 Yorkshire extracts.
• There is further information about this parish from Bulmer's 1892 History and Directory of the East Riding.

Maps

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• 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.
• View maps of Great Driffield and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Memorial Inscriptions

• A transcription of the 1914-18 and 1939-45 War Memorial in the Churchyard at Great Driffield.

Names (Geographical)

• The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
  • (TA020601) Blakedale
  • (TA020620) Clitheroe
  • (TA028619) Danes Dale
  • (TA020633) Dane's Graves
  • (TA017602) Great Kendale
  • (TA017599) Little Kendale

Societies

• This parish is covered by the following Society:
  • East Yorkshire FHS

Voting Registers

• The 1834 Electoral Roll for this parish