Bubwith Supplementary

In 1822, the following places were in
the Parish of Bubwith:

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"BREIGHTON, in the parish of Bubwith, and wapentake of Harthill; 1½ miles SSW. of Bubwith, 5 miles NW. of Howden. Pop. 179."

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"FOGGATHORPE, in the parish of Bubwith, and wapentake of Harthill; 2¾ miles ENE. of Bubwith, 6 miles N. of Howden. In this township the system of letting out small parcels of land to the labourers, for cow-gates, has been attended with great success, and also with a reduction of the poor's rates. Population, 137."

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"GRIBTHORPE, or GRIPTHORPE, in the parish of Bubwith, and wapentake of Harthill; 3 miles E. of Bubwith, 5 miles N. of Howden. Population, (with Willeytoft) 145."

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"GUNBY, in the parish of Bubwith, and wapentake of Harthill; ½ mile SSW. of Bubwith, 5 miles NNW. of Howden. This township was given by William the Conqueror to Gilbert Tyson his standard-bearer, + This place, formerly Guneby, was given by William the conqueror to his standard bearer, Gilbert Tyson; it afterwards gave sirname to the family, from it called De Guneby, which resided here for many generations, in the 13th and 14th centuries, and has been the successive residence of the de Gunnebys, the Knights, the Dolmans, and the Vavasours. The old mansion house was taken down about 50 years ago."

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"HARLTHORPE, in the parish of Bubwith, and wapentake of Harthill; 1¾ miles ENE. of Bubwith, 4½ miles N. of Howden. Pop. 93."

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"SPALDINGTON, in the parish of Bubwith, and wapentake of Harthill; 3½ miles ESE. of Bubwith, 4 miles N. of Howden. The hall at this place was formerly the seat of the ancient and honourable family of Vavasour, but now the property of Lord Howden, it exhibits a fine specimen of architecture of the time of Queen Elizabeth. Population 361."

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"SPALDINGTON OUTSIDE, in the parish of Bubwith, and wapentake of Harthill; 4 miles NNE. of Howden. (This is a poorly defined area to the E.N.E. of Spaldington [Richard Harris 2008])."

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"WILLITOFT, in the parish of Bubwith, and wapentake of Harthill; 2 miles ESE. of Bubwith, 5½ miles NW. of Howden. Population with Gribthorpe, 145.

In the time of Charles I. the family of the Vavasours resided here; the Hall is now used as a farm house."