East Rounton, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  North Riding  East Rounton



Parish History
East Rounton was formed as an Ecclesiastical Parish in 1747 from a chapelry in Hutton Rudby (in Cleveland), Yorkshire.

ROUNCTON, EAST, a chapelry, in the parish of Rudby-in-Cleveland, union of Stokesley, W. division of the liberty of Langbaurgh, N. riding of York, 6½ miles (S. by W.) from Yarm; containing 93 inhabitants. The chapelry comprises about 1600 acres, in nearly equal portions of arable and pasture, with some plantations; the surface is undulated, and the scenery of a pleasing and varied character. The chapel, a neat edifice, repaired in 1820, is situated on an eminence: the living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of Lady Amherst.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 703-705. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51246 Date accessed: 29 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.

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, nonconformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

Poor Law Unions
Stokesley 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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