Paull, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes K-R East Riding  Paull

Parish History
This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1657.

PAULL (St. Andrew and St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Patrington, S. division of the wapentake of Holderness, E. riding of York; containing, with the township of Thorn-Gumbald, 870 inhabitants, of whom 599 are in Paull township, 2¼ miles (S. W.) from Hedon.The parish is situated on the river Humber, and comprises 5648 acres, of which 3424 are arable, and the rest meadow; the surface is level, but the scenery embraces fine views of part of Lincolnshire, the Humber, and theWolds. The village is a fishing-place, and noted for shrimps; it formerly contained an extensive dockyard, in which several ships of the line were built during the late war, including one of 74 guns. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £10. 0. 5.; net income, £160; patron, the Archbishop of York: the impropriation belongs to the families ofPrickett and Blaydes. Part of the tithes were commuted for land in 1811, and a money payment is made for those in the hamlet of Boreas Hill. The church is a cruciform structure in the later English style, with a tower at the intersection. There is a very ancient chapel of ease, the doorway of which consists of a Norman arch, and at Paull-Holme are the remains of a convent. The Wesleyans have a place of worship.

From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 540-542. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51206 Date accessed: 22 September 2011..

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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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.

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