Hauxwell, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  Yorkshire Parishes, A-I  North Riding of Yorkshire  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.

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.

Online Records
Online data content from chapelry registers of Hauxwell exists at some of the following websites and for the specified ranges of years:

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Warrington-Padgate Christ Church and comprising the whole ancient parish of Hauxwell to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the HAUXWELL PARISH  page.

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.

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


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain