Wansford is a village and former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

, now in the parish of

Skerne and Wansford Skerne and Wansford is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south-east of the town of Driffield and covering an area of . The civil parish is formed by the villages o ...

, in the

East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, often abbreviated to the East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, S ...

, England. It is situated on the

B1249 road B roads are numbered routes in Great Britain of lesser importance than A roads. See the article Great Britain road numbering scheme In Great Britain, there is a numbering scheme used to Categorization, classify and identify all roads. Ea ...

and just to the north of the

River Hull The River Hull is a navigable river in the East Riding of Yorkshire in Northern England. It rises from a series of springs to the west of Driffield, and enters the Humber Estuary at Kingston upon Hull. Following a period when the Archbishops o ...

and the Driffield Canal. It is approximately south-east of

Driffield Driffield, also known as Great Driffield (neighbouring Little Driffield), is a market town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The civil parish is formed by the town of Driffield and the village of Little Driffield. By ...

and north-west of

North Frodingham North Frodingham is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately south-east of the town of Driffield and lies on the B1249 road. The civil parish is formed by the village of North Frodingh ...

The church of St Mary the Virgin, Wansford was built in 1866–68 to designs by G.E. Street. It is on the

Sykes Churches Trail The Sykes Churches Trail is a tour of East Yorkshire churches which were built, rebuilt or Victorian restoration, restored by the Sykes family of Sledmere, Sykes family of Sledmere House in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The tour was devi ...

devised by the East Yorkshire Churches Group. The church was designated a Grade II*

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in 1966 and is now recorded in the

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, maintained by

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. In 1931 the parish had a population of 142.

Governance

Wansford was formerly a

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in the parish of Nafferton, in 1866 Wansford became a civil parish, on 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Skerne.

References

* Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire Former civil parishes in the East Riding of Yorkshire {{EastRiding-geo-stub