Hipswell, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  North Riding  Hipswell



Parish History
Hipswell St John the Evangelist is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1738 from chapelry in Catterick, Yorkshire and Tunstall Ancient Parish.Other places in the parish include: Sleegill, Waitwith, and Waikwith.

HIPSWELL, a chapelry, in the parish of Catterick,union of Richmond, wapentake of Hang-East, N. ridingof York, 3 miles (W. by N.) from Catterick; consistingof the townships of Hipswell, Colburn, and Scotton; andcontaining 313 inhabitants, of whom 33 are in the township of Hipswell. The township comprises 2535a. 1r. 13p.The chapel, dedicated to St. Martin, was rebuilt in thelater English style, in 1811. The living is a perpetualcuracy; net income, £100; patron, the Vicar of Catterick. Christopher Plowes, in 1665, bequeathed £100 tobe vested in land, the rent of which, now £22 perannum, was to be distributed among the poor of thechapelry. Robert Cockin, in 1757, gave £100 towardsthe endowment of a free school, for which a more commodious building was erected by subscription, in 1815.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 518-521. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51034 Date accessed: 30 April 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.

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

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, nonconformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

Poor Law Unions
Richmond Poor Law Union, Yorkshire

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