Bishop Wilton, Past and Present    

Links

The sites described below contain material relating to Bishop Wilton:

Pocklington is the nearest town to Bishop Wilton. With involvement of a member of Bishop Wilton Local History Group a new group has been set up there along with a website (click on the logo):

Pocklington History Logo

Bolton Local History Group - Bolton used to be a part of Bishop Wilton Parish. It is now part of Fangfoss Parish and it has its own group and website.

old-maps.co.uk - Take this link and do a search with "Bishop Wilton" as a place name. A range of maps dating from 1854 can be viewed. However, with a recent updating of the website, browsing and printing appears to be restricted. Have a go anyway.

Bing Maps - see the whole of the parish from the air providing you change the view from Road to Aerial and slide the magnification back one level.

This service is now used as part of the Sites of Interest page.

Unnetie Project Site - a searchable online archive of digital images showing life in the rural and urban communities of North Yorkshire (!), with one Bishop Wilton and two Garrowby images. Follow the link and enter "bishop wilton" as the search keywords.

National Monuments Record - English Heritage's "Pastscape" database of sites of archaeological interest displays over 40 entries if you enter "bishop wilton" as the search criteria.

Images of England - Click on the link and enter "bishop wilton" in the Quick Search box to see photos of the listed buildings in and around the village with an explanation of why they are listed. An English Heritage site.