Yorkshire Probate Jurisdictions for Parishes Beginning with A

Probate is the legal court process by which the estate of a deceased person is distributed to his or her heirs. The term probate refers to a collection of documents, including wills, administrations (also called admons), inventories, and act books.

Here is a table of places in Yorkshire beginning with the letter A. Note: some rows in the table below contain the names of more than one parish when the courts are the same for each.

To see tables for other places in the county, click on a letter or span of letters.

1. Find the place where your ancestor lived in the first column. 2. Click on the court name in the second column to learn where to find the records and indexes. 3. Click on each name of the court in the third column if the record isn't found in the first court. 4. Search last the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

If no will is found, your ancestor may not have left one.