Hunton, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  North Riding  Hunton

Parish History
Hunton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1794 from Hornby, Yorkshire Ancient Parish and Brompton Patrick, Yorkshire Ancient Parish.

HUNTON, a chapelry, in the union of Leyburn,partly in the parish of Hornby, wapentake of Hang-East, but chiefly in the parish of Brompton-Patrick,wapentake of Hang-West, N. riding of York, 6 miles(S. by E.) from Richmond; containing 534 inhabitants.The township is situated north of the Newton beck, and comprises about 1855 acres: the village, which is large,lies on both sides and near the confluence of two streams.The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £100;patron, the Bishop of Chester; impropriator, C. H.Elsley, Esq. The chapel, dedicated to St. John, is a plain edifice, consecrated in 1794.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 588-591. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51055 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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Census records
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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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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