Houghton, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  Yorkshire Parishes, A-I  Yorkshire Parishes, A-I  East Riding  Houghton

Parish History
HOUGHTON (or GREAT), [with a chapel of ease] a township in Darfield parish, W. R. Yorkshire; near the North Midland railway, 5¼ miles E of Barnesley. Acres, 1, 637. Real property, £2, 094. Pop., 309. Houses, 72. The manor belongs to the Milnes family. A ruined ancient hall is here, and has been partly converted into a public house. An old chapel adjoins the ruins, and is used as a chapel of ease. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a slightly endowed school. Elliott, the corn law rhymer, spent here the closing part of his life.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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 neighboring 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.

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.

Census records
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http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census

Poor Law Unions
Clitheroe Poor Law Union, Lancashire

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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