Bubwith, East Riding

Description
Bubwith, a large village, a township, and a parish in E. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Derwent, and on the Selby and Market-Weighton railway, 6 1/2 miles NE by E of Selby, and has two stations on the railway, Bubwith and Bubwith-High-Field, 1/2 of a mile distant from each other, and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Selby. Acreage, 1545 ; population, 566 ; of ecclesiastical parish, 1166. The parish contains also the townships of Harlthorpe, Foggathorpe, Gribthorpe, Willitoft, Spaldington, and Breighton-cum-Gunby. A bridge of three large and seven smaller arches crosses the Derwent in Bubwith township. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York, in the gift alternately of the Lord Chancellor and the Dean and Chapter of York; gross value, £205 with residence. The church is a fine edifice consisting of nave, aisles, and chancel, with square, embattled, and pinnacled tower. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels and several charities. Bishop Nicholas de Bubwith, who attended the council of Constance, was a native.