Rathmel in Craven, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes K-R West Riding of Yorkshire Rathmel in Craven

Parish History
Rathmel in Craven is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1841 from Giggleswick Ancient Parish.

RATHMELL, a township, in the parish of Giggleswick, union of Settle, W. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of York, 4 miles (S. W. by S.) from Settle.

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.

Online Records
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding **Chapelry** and comprising the whole ancient parish of Rathmel in Craven to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the Rathmel in Craven page.

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.

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Websites
Contributor: add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.