Willitoft

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Willitoft is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bubwith, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated just south of the A163 road and west of the B1228 road. It is approximately Script error: No such module "convert". east of Selby and Script error: No such module "convert". north of Goole. In 1931 the parish had a population of 53.[1]

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On the Howden 20 long-distance footpath, approaching Willitoft

Willitoft was the birthplace, in 1859, of Moses B. Cotsworth, inventor of the International Fixed Calendar and 13-month calendar reformer. He later emigrated to Vancouver where he acted as an advisor to the British Columbia provincial government, under Sir Richard McBride. Cotsworth died in Vancouver in 1943.[2]

Governance

Willitoft was formerly a township in the parish of Bubwith,[3] in 1866 Willitoft became a civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Bubwith.[4]

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