WILLITOFT is a township in Bubwith parish, 1 mile west from Gribthorpe and 3 miles south-east from Bubwith; it was once the residence of the Vavasour family. There was formerly a chapel here. Here is a small Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1894. The trustees of the late T. B. Oliver esq. of Spaldington, are lords of the manor and sole landowners. The area is 873 acres; rateable value, £713; the population in 1911 was 56.