Maltby, Yorkshire Genealogy

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Parish History
MALTBY, a township, in the parish of Stainton,union of Stockton, W. division of the liberty of Langbaurgh, N. riding of York, 3½ miles (E. by N.) fromYarm; containing 171 inhabitants. This place was formerly the residence of a family of the same name, who continued in possession for several generations; and since the time of their connexion with the spot, land has been held by the families of Morley, Wentworth, Pennyman, and others. The township is in the district called Cleveland, and comprises about 1180 acres of land, now partly the property of the Earl of Harewood.The village, which is but indifferently built, is situated on an eminence, and on the road from Stainton to Yarm.

MALTBY (St. Bartholomew),a parish, in the union of Rotherham, S. division of the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, W. riding of York; containing, with the township of Hooton-Levett, 839 inhabitants, of whom 763 are in the township of Maltby, 6 miles (E.) from Rotherham. This parish is on theroad from Sheffield to Gainsborough, and comprises by computation 4473 acres, where of 81 are common or waste. The celebrated Roche-Abbey quarries, which furnished materials for the groined roof of King's College chapel, Cambridge, are in the parish. The village is situated in a fertile and richly-wooded valley, and the surrounding scenery is beautifully picturesque. Sandbeck Park, formerly the residence of the lords Castletown, and now the seat of the Earl of Scarborough, who is lord of the manor, is a stately mansion in an ample and tastefully embellished demesne. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at£4. 13. 4., and in the gift of the Earl, who, with others, is impropriator; net income, £120. The vicarial tithes of Maltby township have been commuted for £81. The church is an ancient structure in the early English style, with a tower surmounted by a spire. There is aplace of worship for Wesleyans. Viscount Castletown,in 1714, gave certain waste land for a school, now producing £20 a year.

From:Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 221-247. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51130 Date accessed: 10 September 2011.

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 1597.

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Middlesbrough Poor Law Union, Yorkshire from 1876

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.

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