Kildwick, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  West Riding  Kildwick

Parish History
KILDWICK (St. Andrew), a parish, in the unionof Skipton, E. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, W. riding of York; consisting of the chapelry of Silsden, and the townships of Both-Bradley,Cononley, Cowling, Farnhill, Glusburn, Kildwick, Steeton with Eastburn, Stirton with Thorlby, and Sutton; the whole containing 10,607 inhabitants, of whom 189 arein the township of Kildwick, 4 miles (S. S. E.) fromSkipton. This parish comprises by admeasurement 22,621 acres, of which 2500 are arable, 900 woodland,and the remainder pasture, common, and waste; the substratum abounds with freestone of good quality, which is extensively quarried. The worsted manufacture is carried on; and the spinning of yarn, for which there are several mills, affords employment to many of the population. There are also an iron-foundry and forges for the manufacture of machinery, and large quantities of nails are made. The village is pleasantly situated in the vale of the Aire. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £10. 8. 1½.; income, £357;patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Canons of Christ-Church, Oxford. The tithes were commuted forland in 1773. The church is in the later English style,and contains an altar-tomb with the recumbent effigy ofSir Robert de Stiverton in chain armour. At Silsdenand Cowling are separate incumbencies.From: 'Keysoe - Killcott',

From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 667-672. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51074 Date accessed: 19 August 2011. .

Civil Registration
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Church records
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This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1572.

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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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