Ripon, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes K-R  West Riding  Ripon

Parish History
RIPON (St. Peter and St. Wilfrid), a city and parish, partly in the liberty of Ripon, and partly in the Lower division of the wapentake of Claro, W. riding ofYork; containing 15,024 inhabitants, of whom 5461 are in the town, 23 miles (N. W. by W.) from York,and 212 (N. N. W.) from London.

The parish comprises the townships of Aldfield, Aismunderby with Bondgate, Bewerley, Bishopside, Bishopton, Clotherholme, Dacre, Eavestone, Givendale, Grantley, Hewick-Bridge, Hewick-Copt, Ingerthorpe, Lindrick, Markington with Wallerthwaite, Bishop-Monkton, Newby with Mulwith, Nunwick, Ripon, Sawley, Sharrow, Skelding, Skelton, North Stainley with Sleningford, Studley-Roger, Studley-Royal, Sutton-Grange, Bishop-Thornton, Warsill, Westwick, Whitcliffe with Thorp, and Winksley.

A church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was erected by the Rev. Edward Kilvington in 1827. '''There are two places of worship in the town for Wesleyans, and one each for Independents and Primitive Methodists. '''

From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 671-676. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51239 Date accessed: 07 October 2011.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

This ancient parish was created in 1853. Church of England records began in 1827 for Ripon, Holy Trinity.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Yorkshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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