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Willitoft
Willitoft is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bubwith, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated just south of the A163 road and west of the B1228 road. It is approximately 8 miles (13 km) east of Selby and 7 miles (11 km) north of Goole. In 1931 the parish had a population of 53.
The name Willitoft derives from the Old English wilig meaning 'willow', and the Old Norse topt meaning 'curtilage'. Willitoft was the birthplace, in 1859, of Moses B. Cotsworth, inventor of the International Fixed Calendar and 13-month calendar reformer. He later emigrated to Vancouver where he acted as an advisor to the British Columbia provincial government, under Sir Richard McBride. Cotsworth died in Vancouver in 1943.
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Gribthorpe
Gribthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Foggathorpe, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 8 miles (13 km) north-east of Selby and 5 miles (8 km) north of Howden.
In 1823, Gribthorpe (also known as Gripthorpe), was in the civil parish of Bubwith and the Wapentake of Harthill. Population at the time, including the nearby hamlet of Willitoft, was 145, with occupations including four farmers. Gribthorpe was formerly a township in the parish of Bubwith, in 1866 Gribthorpe became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Foggathorpe. In 1931 the parish had a population of 23.
The name Gribthorpe derives from the Old Norse Gripþorp meaning 'Grip's secondary settlement'.
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Howden Rural District
Howden was a rural district in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England from 1894 to 1974.
It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 as a successor to the Howden rural sanitary district. It lost a few parishes to the newly created Derwent Rural District and parts to Beverley Rural District in 1935 by a County Review Order made under the Local Government Act 1929. At the same time it gained a small part from the abolition of Riccal Rural District.
It survived until 1974 when it was abolished, becoming part of the Boothferry district of Humberside. Since 1996 it has formed part of the unitary authority of the East Riding of Yorkshire.
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RNAS Howden
RNAS Howden (later RAF Howden) was an airship station near the town of Howden 15 miles (24 km) south-east of York, England.
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High Field railway station
High Field railway station was a station on the Selby to Driffield Line in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England serving the east end of the village of Bubwith. It opened as Bubwith High Field in 1859 and was renamed High Field on 1 December 1873. It closed on 20 September 1954.