Kirklington, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  North Riding  Kirklington



Parish History
Kirklington St Michael is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire. Other places in the parish include: East Tanfield, Howgrave, Kirklington cum Upsland, Sutton Howgrave, Nunwick, Nunwick cum Howgrave, Sutton cum Howgrave, and Kirklington with Upsland.

KIRKLINGTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Bedale, wapentake of Hallikeld, N. riding of York; containing, with the townships of Howgrave,Sutton, and East Tanfield, 486 inhabitants, of whom324 are in the township of Kirklington with Upsland,6¼ miles (S. E. by S.) from Bedale. The parish comprises by computation 3700 acres, chiefly arable; there are about 600 acres of pasture, and 300 of woodland.Of the whole, about 280 acres are in the hamlet of Upsland, set out in two farms. The village, which is well built, is situated about a mile west of the Leeming-Lane.The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at£25. 7. 3½.; net income, £1034; patron, the Hon. C.B. Wandesford: the tithes have been commuted for£771. The church is a large structure, with a fine tower. In the neighbourhood are vestiges of a Roman or Danish encampment.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 697-701. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51083 Date accessed: 08 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.

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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.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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