Kingston upon Hull St Mary

England Yorkshire  Yorkshire Parishes K-R  East Riding  Kingston upon Hull St Mary

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Parish History
HULL, or Kingstonupon-Hull, a sea-port, borough, and county of itself, situated on the borders of the East riding of York, 39 miles (S. E.) from York, and 170 (N.) from London; comprising the parishes of St. Mary, the Holy Trinity, Drypool, and Sculcoates, the extra-parochial district of Garrison-Side, and part of the parish of Sutton; and containing in the whole 65,670 inhabitants. The ancient borough comprises the parishes of Holy Trinity and St. Mary, the former containing 35,553, and the latter 5597 inhabitants. The living of Holy Trinity parish is a vicarage not in charge, in the patronage of a body of resident gentlemen.

From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 574-580. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51052 Date accessed: 19 August 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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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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