York Minster, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  North Riding  Yorkshire Parishes, S-Y  York Cathedral

Parish History
"YORK, a city and county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the E. riding of York, of which it is the capital, 193 miles (N. N. W.) from London; containing 28,842 inhabitants. The origin of this ancient city, which in Nenuius' catalogue is called Caer Ebrauc".

From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 719-742. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51438 Date accessed: 19 August 2011.

York Cathedral, from ancient times (1136 A.D.) is known as St Peter. Within the city proper--and within St Peter's boundaries, are the following ancient parishes and chapels as of about 1870:


 * All Saints, North-Street
 * All Saints, Pavement
 * All Saints in Peaseholm
 * Holy Trinity, or Christ-church, King's-ct
 * Holy Trinity, Micklegate
 * Holy Trinity, Goodrangate
 * St. Andrew
 * St. Crux
 * St. Cuthbert
 * St. Denis in Walmgate
 * St. George
 * St. Giles
 * St. Gregory
 * St. Helen on the Walls
 * St. Helen, Stonegate
 * St. John at Ousebridge-end
 * St. John Delpike
 * St. Lawrence
 * St. Maurice without Monkbar
 * St. Margaret, Walmgate
 * St. Martin, Coney-street -
 * St. Martin, Micklegate -
 * St. Mary Bishopshill Senior -
 * St. Mary Bishopshill Junior -
 * St. Mary, Castlegate -
 * St. Michael-le-Belfry -
 * St. Michael, Spurrier-gate, or Ouse-bridge -
 * St. Nicholas -
 * St. Olave -
 * St. Paul
 * St. Peter-le-Willows -
 * St. Peter the Little
 * St. Sampson -
 * St. Saviour -
 * St Thomas -
 * St. Wilfred Discharged -
 * Clifton -
 * Dringhouses -
 * Heworth - 1869
 * Naburn -
 * St. Thomas, the Archbishop of York -
 * Wells Hospital -

The places of worship in the city, at the Reformation, exclusive of those connected with monasteries and with monastic institutions, were the cathedral, 41 parochial churches, and 17 chapels. The places of worship within the municipal borough, in 1851, were 24 of the Church of England, with 12,181 sittings; 2 of Independents, with 2,760 s.; 1 of Quakers, with 1,000 s.; 1 of Unitarians, with 40 s.; 4 of Wesleyans, with 3,719 s.; 1 of Primitive Methodists, with 500 s.; 1 of the Wesleyan Association, with 550 s.; 2 of Wesleyan Reformers, with 1,700 s.; 1 of the New Church, with 60 s.; 1 of an isolated congregation, with 150 s.; and 2 of Roman Catholics, with 990 s. The places of worship within the city and its outskirts, in 1869, were 33 of the Church of England, 2 of Independents, 1 of Baptists, 1 of Quakers, 1 of Unitarians, 9 of Wesleyans, 2 of Primitive Methodists, 2 of New Connexion Methodists, 2 of U. free Methodists, and 2 of Roman Catholics.

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 neighboring 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 1603. 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.

Census records
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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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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