Sancton, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  Yorkshire Parishes, S-Y East Riding  Sancton

Parish History
This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1538.

SANCTON (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Pocklington, Hunsley-Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, E. riding of York; containing 505 inhabitants, of whom 431 are in the township of Sancton with Houghton, 1½ mile (S. E.) from Market Weighton. The parish includes the township of North Cliffe, and comprises about 4890 acres; the surface is hilly, the soil sand and chalk, and the scenery varied. The village is situated on the road from Market-Weighton to South Cave, in a deep valley and on its acclivities. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £6. 1. 10½.; net income, £49; patron andimpropriator, the Hon. Charles Langdale: the great tithes were commuted for land in 1769. The church is a handsome structure, with an octagonal tower. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans; also a RomanCatholic chapel at Houghton Hall. A free school is endowed with a rent-charge of £20; and another school, for Roman Catholics, is supported by the Hon.C. Langdale.

From:Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 11-15. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51254 Date accessed: 01 November 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.

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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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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