Hauxwell, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  North Riding  East Hauxwell



Parish History
Hauxwell St Oswald is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Barden, Barden Dykes, Barden near Leyburn, West Hauxwell, East Hauxwell, Garriston, West Haukswell, and East Haukswell.

HAUKSWELL, or Hauxwell (St. Oswald), a parish, in the union of Leyburn, wapentake of HangWest, N. riding of York, 5 miles (S.) from Richmond;containing, with the townships of Barden and Garriston,338 inhabitants, of whom 128 are in the township of East, and 45 in that of West, Haukswell. The parish comprises about 3750 acres, of which 500 or 600 are moorland. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £20. 14. 4½., and in the patronage of Mrs.M. Gale; net income, £295. The church, which is in the Norman style, stands at a distance from the village,and consists of a nave and a narrow choir.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 444-447. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51015 Date accessed: 09 May 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 1593.

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
Leyburn 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