Rowley, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes K-R  East Riding  Rowley

Parish History
This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1653.

ROWLEY (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Beverley, Hunsley-Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, E. riding of York, 4 miles (E. N. E.) from South Cave; containing, with the hamlets of Bentley, Risby, Hunsley, Riplingham, and Little Weighton, 503 inhabitants. The parish comprises about 5760 acres, and forms a fertile district extending between South Cave and Beverley, along the southern dales and acclivities of the Wolds. The hamlet of Rowley, in which are the church and rectory-house, is situated a short distance north of the road between Kirk-Ella and Riplingham. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £20. 1. 8., and in the patronage of Mrs.Hildyard; net income, £1465: the tithes were commuted for land and a corn-rent in 1801. The churchis a small neat edifice.

From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 705-707. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51247 Date accessed: 10 October 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.

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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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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