Nunburnholme, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes K-R  East Riding  Nunburnholme

Parish History
This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1568.

NUN-BURNHOLME (St. James), a parish, in the union of Pocklington, partly in the Holme-Beacon, and partly in the Wilton-Beacon, division of the wapentake of Harthill, E. riding of York, 3½ miles (E. byS.) from Pocklington; containing, with the township of Thorp-le-Street, 263 inhabitants. This place derives its name from a small Benedictine nunnery, founded by an ancestor of Roger de Morley or Mauley, Lord of Morpeth: a short time previous to the Dissolution there were eight religious, with a revenue of £10. 3. 3. The parish comprises 1480 acres; the surface is undulated, the soil clay and chalk, and the scenery picturesque: the village, which is small, is situated in a narrow dale.The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at£6. 12. 6.; net income, £302; patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is ancient, and has a Norman arch, and a painted-glass window. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 446-461. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51187 Date accessed: 22 September 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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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.

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