Gilling near Richmond, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  Yorkshire Parishes A-I North Riding of Yorkshire  Gilling near Richmond

Parish History
Gilling West St Agatha (near Richmond) is an Ancient Parish. Other places in the parish include: Barforth, Barton, Eppleby, Hartforth, Ledbury, Little Hutton, West Layton, Newton Morrell, North Cowton, Ovingham, Ovington, Sedbury, Stapleton, and Newton Morrel.

GILLING (St. Agatha), a parish, in the unions of Richmond, Northallerton, and Darlington,chiefly in the wapentake of Gilling-East, but partly in that of Gilling-West, N. riding of York; comprising the townships of North Cowton and Gilling,and the chapelries of South Cowton and Eryholme. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

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.

Online Records
Online data content from chapelry registers of Gilling near Richmond exists at some of the following websites and for the specified ranges of years:

List of Chapelry's in this Parish

 * South Cowton
 * Eryholme

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Warrington-Padgate Christ Church and comprising the whole ancient parish of Gilling near Richmond to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the GILLING NEAR RICHMOND PARISH  page.

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.

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain