Place:Kilnwick Percy, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

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Kilnwick Percy is a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north-east of Pocklington town centre. It lies to the north of the B1246 road.

Historically, Kilnwick Percy was an ecclesiastical parish in the wapentake of Harthill. From 1894 until 1935, Kilnwick Percy was located in Pocklington Urban District. In 1935 when the urban district was abolished, Kilnwick Percy was merged with the neighbouring rural civil parish of Nunburnholme.

Research Tips

• GENUKI on Kilnwick Percy. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
• The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Kilnwick Percy provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
• A Vision of Britain through Time on Kilnwick Percy.
• 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.