Place:Belby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

source: Family History Library Catalog

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Belby is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northeast of Goole town centre and about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) east of Howden. It lies just to the south of the B1230 road and north of the M62 motorway.

Historically, Belby was in the ecclesiastical parish of Howden in the wapentake of Howdenshire. From 1894 until 1935, Belby was located in Howden Rural District. In 1935 Belby civil parish was abolished and the area was transferred to Kilpin parish.

Research Tips

• GENUKI on Belby. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
• The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Howden provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
• Howdenshire History provides histories of towns and villages in the area provided by a local family historian. The stories of some families who emigrated to Ontario, Canada, are included.
• A Vision of Britain through Time on Belby.
• A Vision of Britain through Time provides links to three maps of the East Riding, produced by the United Kingdom Ordnance Survey, illustrating the boundaries between the civil parishes and the rural districts at various dates. These maps all expand to a scale that will illustrate small villages and large farms or estates.

• Ordnance Survey 1888. The "Sanitary Districts (which preceded the rural districts).
• Ordnance Survey 1900 The rural districts, not long after their introduction.
• Ordnance Survey 1944. The rural districts after the revisions of 1935.