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The Ancient Parish of STILLINGFLEET
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"STILLINGFLEET, a parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, but containing some places in the Ainsty of York. See East Riding for details of other places in this parish.""ACASTER SELBY, in the parish of Stillingfleet; 8 miles S. of York. This village is pleasantly situated on the banks of the Ouse, on which river the Steam Packets, and others, pass and repass to Selby, Gainsbro' and Hull, tending considerably to enliven the scene. Here is a Free School, with an endowment of £7. 7s. per annum, arising out of the fee-farm rents, aided also by voluntary subscriptions of the inhabitants of the township. This place was formerly part of the possession of the Abbot of Selby, and from thence its name is derived. Population, 188."
[Description(s) edited mainly from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson. ©2010]
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- Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Helen's Church, Stillingfleet.
- Internal view looking down the aisle
- The 1698 stained glass window
- The Church door
- St. Helen's Church, Stillingfleet.
- The entrance across the field to St. John's Church, Acaster Selby.
- St. John's Church, Acaster Selby (view 1).
- St. John's Church, Acaster Selby (view 2).
- St. Helen's Church, Stillingfleet.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the North Riding.
- 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.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Stillingfleet to another place.
- By an Order in Council, dated 13th November, 1850, the township of Acaster Selby (in this parish) was formed into a separate ecclesiastical district. See Acaster Selby with Appleton Roebuck parish.
- 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 detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
- Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE593408 (Lat/Lon: 53.860044, -1.099862), Stillingfleet which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- The 1914-1918 War Memorial in Acaster Selby Churchyard.
- The War Memorial in St. Helen's Churchyard, Stillingfleet.
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.