Forcett, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  North Riding  Forcett



Parish History
Forcett St Cuthbert (with Carkin) is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1843 from Gilling near Richmond, Yorkshire Ancient Parish.Other places in the parish include: Barforth, Carkin, Ovington, Ovingham, and Eppleby.

FORCETT, a parochial chapelry, in the union of Richmond, wapentake of Gilling-West, N. riding ofYork; consisting of the townships of Barforth, Carkin,Eppleby, Forcett, and Ovington; and containing 656inhabitants, of whom 123 are in the township of Forcett,9 miles (E. by S.) from Darlington. It comprises by computation 6200 acres, of which 1710 are in Forcett township; the surface is pleasing, the soil rich, and there are several valuable quarries of limestone and freestone.Forcett Hall, the seat of Mr. Michell, is a noble and elegant building in an extensive park; and in front ofthe mansion, to the south, is a piece of water which extends over 22 or 23 acres: on the estate are also numerous plantations. The chapel, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, is a neat edifice, with a tower, and an east window embellished with stained glass: the living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Vicar of Gilling. In Forcett Park are traces of British intrenchments which extend eastward to Stanwick.

From:, A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 248-250. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50967 Date accessed: 30 April 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.

This ancient parish was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1596.

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Poor Law Unions
Richmond 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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