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The Ancient Parish of WETWANG
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"WETWANG, a parish in the wapentake of Buckrose, & liberty of St. Peter's; 7 miles W. of Driffield. Exclusive of the parish church, dedicated to St. Michael (see Churches for photograph), . of which the Rev. Rowland Croxton is the vicar, and the Prebendary of Wetwang the patron; there is a chapel for the Methodists. This village, in which Thomas Wilberfoss, Esq. resides, is principally occupied by farmers and their labourers. Population, 422."
"FIMBER, in the parish of Wetwang, wapentake of Buckrose, and liberty of St. Peter's; 2½ miles WNW. of Wetwang, 9 miles WNW. of Driffield. Here is a Chapel of Ease (see Churches for photograph), of which the rector of Wetwang is incumbent curate. Pop. 104."
[Description(s) edited mainly from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson. ©2010]
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- Photographs of over 240 gravestones and plaques at Wetwang church with linked surname index..
- Photographs of over 80 gravestones and plaques at Fimber church with linked surname index.
- Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- St. Nicholas's Church, Wetwang.
- Internal view looking down the aisle
- The East Window
- The font
- St. Paul's Methodist Church, Wetwang.
- St. Mary's Church, Fimber.
- Internal view looking down the aisle
- The East Window
- The font
- St. Nicholas's Church, Wetwang.
- Transcript of the entry for Wetwang in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Fimber in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Wetwang.
- 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.
- 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 Bulmer's 1892 History and Directory of the East Riding.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Wetwang to another place.
- 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.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE933591 (Lat/Lon: 54.019481, -0.577472), Wetwang 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 War Memorial in the Churchyard at Wetwang.
- The 1914-19 Memorial Plaques in Fimber Church.
- Photographs of over 240 gravestones and plaques at Wetwang church.
- Photographs of over 80 gravestones and plaques at Fimber church.
- This parish is covered by the following Society: