Bellerby, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes   West Riding  Bellerby



Chapel History
Bellerby St John the Evangelist is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1770 from Spennithorne, Yorkshire Ancient Parish.

BELLERBY, a chapelry, in the parish of Spennithorn, union of Leyburn, wapentake of Hang-West,N. riding of York, 13 miles (N. N. W.) from Bedale;containing 350 inhabitants. It is situated on the road from Richmond to Leyburn, and comprises 2917a. 2r.28p. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £70;patron and impropriator, Mr. Chaytor: the tithes were commuted for land in 1770. The chapel is a small edifice. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

From: Lewis, Samuel A., Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 203-207. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50791 Date accessed: 09 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.

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

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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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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