In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bielby like this:

BIELBY, or Bealby, a township in Hayton parish, E. R. Yorkshire; on the Pocklington canal, 3½ miles S by W of Pocklington. Acres, 1,220. Real property, £1,944. Pop., 268. Houses, 50. It forms a curacy united to the vicarage of Hayton.

Bielby through time

Bielby is now part of EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bielby itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bielby, in East Riding of Yorkshire and East Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11576

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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