Stillingfleet, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1868.

STILLINGFLEET:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1868.

"STILLINGFLEET, a parish, and township chiefly in the wapentake of Ouse, East Riding county York, but partly in the Ainsty of York, 7 miles S.W. of York, its post town. The village, which is extensive, is situated near the river Ouse. The parish includes the townships of Moreby, Stillingfleet, and Kelfield. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York, value £412, in the patronage of the dean and chapter. The church, dedicated to St. Helen, is an ancient structure, and has attached to it a chapel, in which is a cross-legged figure of a knight in armour, said to be one of the Moreby family. There is also a district church at Acaster Selby, the living of which is a perpetual curacy, value £40. The Wesleyans have a chapel. There are village schools."

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"KELFIELD, a township in the parish of Stillingfleet, in the wapentake of Ouse and Derwent, East Riding of the county of York, 1½ mile from Stillingfleet, and 8½ miles from York. The village is situated on the river Ouse, which is here crossed by a ferry to Cawood. The soil is clayey, and the land chiefly arable. T. H. Preston is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The Wesleyans have a place of worship, and there is a school with a small endowment. The principal residence is Kelfield Hall, the old seat of the Stillingtons."

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"MOREBY WITH STILLINGFLEET, a township in the parish of Stillingfleet, wapentake of Ouse and Derwent, East Riding county York, 5 miles S. of York. It is situated on the river Ouse."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013