Easby, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  North Riding  Easby



Parish History
Easby St Agatha is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.Other places in the parish include: Brompton on Swale, Brompton upon Swale, Brompton upon Swale with Citadilla, Aske, Skeeby, Waithwith Grange, and Citadilla.

EASBY (St. Agatha), a parish, in the union ofRichmond, partly in the wapentake of Gilling-West,and partly in that of Gilling-East, N. riding of York;Swale, Easby, and Skeeby; and containing 771 inhabitants, of whom 105 are in the township of Easby,1 mile (E. S. E.) from Richmond. This place was the site of an abbey for Præmonstratensian canons, founded by Roaldus, constable of Richmond Castle, about 1152,and valued at the Dissolution at £111 per annum. Its ruins, which are extensive, and rich in architectural decoration, stand near the river Swale, surrounded by delightful scenery; many of the arches and columns of the finely pointed windows and doors are in good preservation. The parish comprises 5090 acres, tithe-free;the village is pleasantly situated on the Swale. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at£2. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Crown; net income, £92. The church, which is a plain but venerable structure, at a considerable distance from the village,existed prior to 1152. A chapel was erected at Brompton in 1841, on a site given from the glebe-land; it was endowed by the Ripon Diocesan Building Society.There is also a chapel at Skeeby.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 124-127. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50934 Date accessed: 30 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.

This ancient parish was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1670.

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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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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Web sites
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