Arncliffe, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes  West Riding  Arncliffe

Guide to Arncliffe, Yorkshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
ARNCLIFFE (St. Oswald), a parish, and a township partly in the union of Skipton, and E. division of the wapentake of Staincliffe and Ewcross, but mainly in the union of Settle, and W. division of that wapentake, West Riding Yorkshire. The parish comprises the townships of Buckden, Hawkeswick, and Litton, and the '''chapelry of Halton-Gill. '''

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.

Online Records
Online data content from chapelry registers of Arncliffe exists at some of the following websites and for the specified ranges of years:

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Halton-Gill and comprising the whole ancient parish of Arncliffe to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the Arncliffe page.

List of Chapelry's in this Parish

 * Halton Gill
 * Hubberholme

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 (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1669.

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