Yarm, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  Yorkshire Parishes, S-Y North Riding  Yarm



Parish History
Yarm was a chapelry of Kirk Levington Ancient Parish in Yorkshire. St Mary Magdalene is the third church to occupy the site and a Georgian replacement for the Norman Church destroyed by fire. Nothing remains of the wooden Saxon predecessor.

The rebuilt church of St Mary Magdalene has been designated as a grade II* listed building British listed building

Yarm is a small town and civil parish in the borough of Stockton on Tees North Yorkshire see Yarm Wikipedia and

YARM (St. Mary Magdalene), a market-town and parish, in the union of Stockton-on-Tees, W. divisionof the liberty of Langbaurgh, N. riding of York, 44miles (N. N. W.) from York, and 238 (N. by W.)from London; containing 1511 inhabitants.

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 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 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.

Poor Law Unions
Stockton Poor Law Union, Durham

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
Contributor: Add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.