Burneston, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  North Riding  Burneston



Parish History
Burneston St Lambert is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.Other places in the parish include: Carthop, Carthorpe, Exelby, Excelby, Leeming and Newton, Theakstone, Gatenby, Londonderry, Swainby with Allerthorpe, Theakston, and Exelby, Leeming and Newton.

BURNESTON (St. Lambert), a parish, in the union of Bedale, wapentake of Hallikeld, N. riding of York; containing 1494 inhabitants, of whom 351are in the township of Burneston, 4 miles (S. E. by E.)from Bedale. The parish is situated between the river Swale and the Ure, in the rich and fruitful vale of Mowbray, and comprises the five townships of Burneston,Carthorp, Gatenby, Theakstone, and Exelby with Leeming and Newton; the whole forming an area of 7351a.2r. 37p., of which there are in Burneston township 726acres of arable, and 400 of meadow and pasture. The soil for the most part is of good quality, and favourable for the growth of wheat, barley, and turnips; the surface is level, having itself no picturesque beauty, but commanding a view of the Wensleydale and Masham hills on the west, and of the Hambleton hills on the east.The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at£37. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Duke of Cleveland, to whom, and W. R. L. Sergeantson and E. J. Carter, Esqrs., the impropriation belongs: the great tithes have been commuted for £772. 2. 6., and the vicarial for£600; and there are 3½ acres of glebe. A church was built in the time, and partly by the bounty, of Ribald and Hugh Fitzhugh; but the rude structure of the Norman founders gave place, probably about the closeof Edward III.'s reign, to the present spacious structure,the choir of which is both tasteful and beautiful. The ancient chapel of ease at Leeming has been rebuilt.There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 437-440. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50844 Date accessed: 08 May 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1566.

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Bedale 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.

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