Welbury, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  North Riding  Welbury

Parish History
Welbury St Leonard is an Ancient Parish.

WELBURY (St. Leonard), a parish, in the union of Northallerton, wapentake of Birdforth, N. riding of York, 6½ miles (N. N. E.) from Northallerton; containing 266 inhabitants. It comprises an area of 2350 acres, of which the greater portion is the property of the Earl of Harewood, who is lord of the manor. The surface is pleasingly undulated, and the higher grounds command fine views of the Cleveland hills. The substratum is a strong clay, of good quality for bricks and tiles, and there is a kiln for the manufacture of the latter. The Wisk, which is here a small stream, flows round a portion of the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £7. 2. 11., and in the patronage of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: the tithes have been commuted for £320, and the glebe comprises 63 acres. The church was rebuilt about the year 1815.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 498-499. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51385 Date accessed: 09 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.

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Northallerton 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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