Rosedale, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  East Riding  Rosedale

Parish History
Rosedale is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1739 from Lastingham, Yorkshire Ancient Parish and  Middleton with Cropton and Lockton, Yorkshire Ancient Parish.Other places in the parish include: Rosedale West Side and Rosedale East Side.

ROSEDALE EAST SIDE, a chapelry, in the parish of Middleton, union and lythe of Pickering, N. riding of York, 7 miles (N. E. by N.) from Kirkby-Moorside;comprising the townships of Hartoft and Rosedale EastSide, and containing 555 inhabitants, of whom 387 are in Rosedale East Side. A convent of Benedictine or Cistercian nuns, in honour of St. Mary and St. Lawrence, was founded here in the reign of Richard I., by Robert, son of Nicholas de Stutevil, and at the Dissolution possessed a revenue of £41. 13. 8. The township is situated in the picturesque vale of the river Seven, and comprises about 4600 acres, of which 2000 are inclosed,and the remainder is moorland. It is partly clayey land,and partly a red soil, and the substratum contains coal of inferior quality, wrought chiefly for lime burning;there are also some quarries of good flagstone. The village is pleasant, and the surrounding scenery partially interspersed with wood: on the river is a large flour mill. The chapel was rebuilt in 1839, at a cost of £665,raised by subscription: the living is a perpetual curacy;net value, £94.

ROSEDALE WEST SIDE, a township, in the parish of Lastingham, union of Pickering, wapentake of Ryedale, N. riding of York, 11 miles (N. W. by N.)from Pickering; containing 201 inhabitants. This is a high moorland township, extending to the sources o fthe small river Seven, and comprising 2700 acres, of which 1800 are common or waste: it has several beds of coal. The vicarial tithes have been commuted for£27; and the appropriate, payable to the Archbishop of York, for £8. 10.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 695-697. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51244 Date accessed: 07 May 2011.

Civil Registration
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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.

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Pickering 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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Web sites
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