Millington with Little Givendale, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes K-R  East Riding  Millington with Little Givendale

Parish History
MILLINGTON, a parish, in the union of Pocklington, Wilton-Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, E. riding of York, 3 miles (N. E.) from Pocklington, and 16 (E.) from York; containing 268 inhabitants. The parish comprises by ad measurement 2491 acres, of which 1534 are arable, 887 pasture, and 70 wood; the surface is generally hilly, forming beautiful undulations, and the soil light, with chalk and flint.The village is picturesquely situated at the foot of the Wolds. Little Givendale, in the parish, is north of the village, and comprises 500 acres of arable and pasture land. The living is a vicarage, annexed to that of Great Givendale: the tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1768. The church was repewed in 1817. Here is a place of worship for Wesleyans; and a school is endowed with the interest of £300. Four ancient roads meet at this place, which is supposed to be the Roman Delgovicia. Remains exist of a strong camp, defended by immense earthworks from 60 to 90 feet in height, carried indiscriminately over hills and valleys, and encompassed with four, and in some places six, ditches, inclosing altogether an area of 4185 acres, within which are several tumuli;and about half a mile north-east from the village, foundations of a circular temple and two oblong buildings, Roman pavements, tiles, coins, and various other relics of antiquity, have been discovered.

From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 316-319. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51151 Date accessed: 14 September 2011..

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Probate records
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