Willitoft
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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 east of Selby and north of Goole. In 1931 the parish had a population of 53. The name Willitoft derives from the Old English wilig meaning 'willow', and the Old Norse topt meaning 'curtilage'. 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 19431.
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 east of Selby and north of Goole. In 1931 the parish had a population of 53. The name Willitoft derives from the Old English wilig meaning 'willow', and the Old Norse topt meaning 'curtilage'. 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. ==References== ==External links==
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