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BUBWITH, a township, a parish, and a subdistrict in Howden district, E. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Derwent, and on the Selby and Market-Weighton railway, 6¼ miles NE by E of Selby; and has two stations on the railway, Bubwith and Bubwith-High-Field, ¾ of a mile distant from each other, and a post office‡ under Howden. Acres, 1,420. Real property, £2,833. Pop., 554. Houses, 125. The parish contains also the townships of Harlthorpe, Foggathorpe, Gribthorpe, Willitoft, Spaldington, and Breighton-cum-Gunby. Acres, 10,154. Real property, £12,753. Pop., 1,453. Houses, 303. The property is subdivided. A bridge, of three large and seven smaller arches, is on the Derwent at Bubwith township. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £102.* Patrons, alternately the Lord Chancellor and the Dean and Chapter of York. The church is a fine edifice of nave, aisles, and chancel, with square, embattled, and pinnacled tower; and was renovated in 1792. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £21. Bishop Nicholas de Bubwith, who attended the council of Constance, was a native. The subdistrict includes another parish and part of a third. Acres, 15,861. Pop., 2,108. Houses, 431.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township, a parish, and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Bubwith CP/AP Bubwith SubD Howden RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Bubwith |
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