Carlton Husthwaite, Yorkshire Genealogy

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Parish History
Carlton Husthwaite St Mary was formerly a chapelry of Husthwaite,_Yorkshire Ancient Parish in Yorkshire. HUSTHWAITE, a parish, in the union of Easingwould, wapentake of Birdforth, N. riding of York; containing 577 inhabitants, of whom 406 are in the township of Husthwaite, 4 miles (N. by W.) from Easingwould. The parish comprises the townships of Carlton and Husthwaite, in which latter are 1680 acres, the property of various owners; about one-half of the lands are arable. The village is pleasantly situated on an eminence, to the east of the road from Easingwould to Thirsk, and the York and Newcastle railway passes at a short distance in the same direction. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £91; patrons and impropriators, the Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge, whose tithes have been commuted for £468, and who have a glebe of seven acres. The church is partly in the Norman style. At Carlton is a chapel of ease.From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 591-594. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51056 Date accessed: 28 April 2011.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Husthwaite like this:

HUSTHWAITE, a village, a township, and a parish in Easingwold district, N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on a rising ground, near the Thirsk and Driffield railway, 4 miles N by W of Easingwold; and has a station, of the name of Husthwaite-Gate, on the railway, and a post office under Easingwold.-The township comprises 1, 621 acres. Real property, £2, 613. Pop., 446. Houses, 93.—The parish contains also the township of Carlton-Husthwaite, and comprises 2, 431 acres. Real property, £3, 980. Pop., 616. Houses, 127. The property is much subdivided. Husthwaite House is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £108. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is ancient, in tolerable condition; and has a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £ 7.

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

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Easingwold 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
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Web sites
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