Tunstall, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  East Riding of Yorkshire  Tunstall



Parish History
Tunstall was a township within Catterick, Yorkshire with Tunstall Ancient Parish. Tunstall Holy Trinity was formed as a parish in 1847 on the building of the church.

TUNSTALL, a township, in the parish of Catterick, union of Richmond, wapentake of Hang-East,N. riding of York, 2 miles (S. W.) from Catterick;containing 314 inhabitants. It comprises about 1470acres, divided among various proprietors: its scatteredvillage is seated in a narrow vale, near the source and onboth sides of a small rivulet. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 398-401. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51356 Date accessed: 30 April 2011.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tunstall like this:

TUNSTALL, a township-chapelry in Catterick parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 3 miles S of Catterick-Bridge r. station. Post town, Catterick. Acres, 1,262. Real property, £2,139. Pop., 293. Houses, 66. The living is annexed to Catterick. The church was built in 1847. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a slightly endowed school.

The ancient parish (AP) of Catterick was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1568. 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.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
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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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