Hudswell, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  North Riding  Hudswell



Parish History
Hudswell is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1739 from chapelry in Catterick, Yorkshire and Tunstall Ancient Parish.Other places in the parish include: Thorpe under Stone.

HUDSWELL, a chapelry, in the parish of Catterick, union of Richmond, wapentake of Hang-West, N. riding of York, 1¾ mile (W. S. W.) fromRichmond; containing 258 inhabitants. This townshipis situated on the banks of the Swale, and comprises1239 acres, whereof 130 are common or waste. Itsscenery is enriched with wooded acclivities, interspersedwith rocky ridges of limestone; and the river, windingalong the valley to which it gives name, imparts a livelyand pleasing aspect: the higher grounds command somediversified prospects, and the view from the churchyardis one of the finest in the district of Richmondshire.The soil is generally clayey, and a considerable portionof the chapelry is moorland. The village is on the roadleading to Reeth and Leyburn, and at no great distancefrom the river. The chapel contains a piscina, apparentlyof great antiquity; the number of sittings is 100. Theliving is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Vicarof Catterick; net income, £80. A national school is supported by subscription, and by the proceeds of anallotment of waste on the inclosure of the moors,amounting to £16 per annum. On the lands of Hudswell-Grange, about half a mile to the south of thevillage, is a mineral spring, the water of which is impregnated with sulphur and magnesia.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 569-574. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51051 Date accessed: 30 April 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 (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in date.

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Poor Law Unions
Richmond Poor Law Union, Yorkshire

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
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Web sites
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