South Otterington, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  North Riding  South Otterington



Parish History
South Otterington St Andrew is an Ancient Parish.

The church of ST. ANDREW consists of a chancel measuring internally 22 ft. 8 in. by 18 ft. 1 in., nave 48 ft. 10 in. by 25 ft. 9 in., north aisle 8 ft. 1 in. wide, west tower 13 ft. square and a south porch. It is an entirely modern building of stone in the Norman style and was erected in 1846.

There are three small bells in the tower by C. &amp; G. Mears, 1847.

The plate consists of a silver cup without marks, probably of the end of the 17th century, and a pewter flagon and two pewter plates.

The registers begin in 1689.

From A History of the County of York North Riding: Volume 2 (1923), pp. 50-51. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=64609&amp;strquery=South Otterington Date accessed: 15 May 2011

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described South Otterington like this:

OTTERINGTON (South), a village and a parish in Thirsk district, N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the river Wiske, ¾ of a mile W of Otterington r. station, and 4½ S by E of Northallerton. The parish comprises 1, 414 acres; and .its post town is Kirby-Wiske, under Thirsk. Real property, £2, 288. Pop., 353. Houses, 80. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £290.* Patron, T. Darnbrough, Esq. The church is good, and has a tower.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Thirsk Poor Law Union, Yorkshire

Probate records
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Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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