Kirby Sigston, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  North Riding  Kirby Sigston



Parish History
Kirby Sigston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire. Other places in the parish include: Hallikeld, Sigston Smithy, Sowerby under Catcliffe, Sowerby under Cotcliff, Winton with Hallikeld, Stank and Winton, Stank, Thimbleby, Winton, Winton, Stank and Hallikeld, and Sowerby under Cotcliffe

SIGSTON, KIRBY (St. Lawrence), a parish, in the union of Northallerton, wapentake of Allertonshire, N. riding of York; containing with the townships of Sowerby-under-Cottliffe and Winton, 296 inhabitants, of whom 121 are in the township of KirbySigston, 3½ miles (E. by N.) from Northallerton. The parish comprises by computation 3510 acres, of which about 1560 are in Kirby-Sigston township. The village is situated a little to the west of the road between Borrowby and Ellerbeck. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £12. 13. 4.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 107-110. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51278 Date accessed: 08 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.

Bishop's transcripts references may be found Durham Bishop's Transcripts: The Howe Manuscript Collection

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Northallerton 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
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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