Wilberfoss

{{Short description|Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2014}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.948917|-0.888209|display=inline,title}}

| label_position =

| official_name = Wilberfoss

| static_image_name = The Village Inn - geograph.org.uk - 399290.jpg

| static_image_caption = The Village Inn

| population = 1,866

| population_ref = (2011 census)

| civil_parish = Wilberfoss

| unitary_england = East Riding of Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| lieutenancy_england = East Riding of Yorkshire

| constituency_westminster = Goole and Pocklington

| post_town = YORK

| postcode_district = YO41

| postcode_area = YO

| dial_code = 01759

| os_grid_reference = SE730508

| london_distance_mi = 170

| london_direction = S

}}

Wilberfoss is a village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the north side of the A1079 approximately {{Convert|8|mi|km}} east of York city centre and {{Convert|11|mi|km}} north-west of Market Weighton. According to the 2011 UK census, Wilberfoss parish had a population of 1,866,{{NOMIS2011

| id = 1170211288

| title = Wilberfoss Parish

| accessdate = 27 February 2018}} an increase on the 2001 UK census figure of 1,855.{{NOMIS2001

| id = 00FB159

| title = Wilberfoss Parish

| accessdate = 24 April 2019

}}

File:Village green and beck, Wilberfoss.jpgIn 1823 inhabitants in the village numbered 335. Occupations included fifteen farmers – some of whom were land owners – three shopkeepers, two wheelwrights, two blacksmiths, a butcher, a bricklayer, a corn miller, a baker, a tailor, a wholesale brewer, and the landlords of the True Briton, Horse Shoes, and Waggon and Horses public houses. Also listed was one gentleman, a school teacher, and a perpetual curate. Baines' History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County of York states that the "ancient and respectable" family of Wilberfoss resided here from the Norman Conquest to 1710, after which the family estate and mansion was sold. A family descendant was William Wilberforce, and the Wilberforce family still provided patronage for the parish living. Wilberfoss Priory, a house of Benedictine nuns, was founded at Wilberfoss by Elias de Cotton during the reign of Henry II, which at the time of the Suppression of the Monasteries by Henry VIII had a yearly value of £26. 10s. 8d.{{cite book|authorlink=Edward Baines (1774–1848)|last=Baines|first= Edward|title=History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County of York|year=1823|pages=399, 400 |isbn=1230139141}} The priory lay just to the north of St John's Church; nothing of it remains today.{{cite book|authorlink=Nikolaus Pevsner|last=Pevsner|first= Nikolaus|title=The Buildings of England. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding|page=369|publisher= Penguin |origyear=1972|type=reprint|year= 1975|series= Pevsner Architectural Guides |isbn=0140710434}}

In 1967 the parish Church of St John the Baptist was designated a Grade I listed building and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.{{NHLE|num=1162096|desc=Church of St John the Baptist|accessdate=10 August 2013}}

Other notable buildings include the Grade II listed Old Vicarage (circa late 18th century) on Main Street, mentioned in Pevsner's account of the village for its remarkable dentilled timber eaves cornice and raised curved gables on shapes kneelers and Villa Farm also of Main Street.