Thornton Steward, Yorkshire Genealogy

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Parish History
Thornton Steward St Oswald is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire. Other places in the parish include: Danby.

THORNTON-STEWARD (St. Oswald), a parish,in the union of Leyburn, wapentake of Hang-West, N.riding of York, 6 miles (W.) from Bedale; containing 268 inhabitants. It comprises by admeasurement 2040acres, about two-thirds of which are grass; the soil is for the most part porous and dry. The village is situated on the banks of the Ure, a little below its junction with the Cover, and at the outlet of the two beautiful valleys of Wensleydale and Coverdale. The living isa discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at£6. 13. 11½.; net income, £234; patron and appropriator, the Bishop of Chester. The great tithes have been commuted for £135, and the vicarial for £164;the appropriate glebe contains 8¼. and the vicarial 54acres. The church is an old, simple building, with an open belfry. A small school, erected in 1815 at the expense of George Horn, Esq., has an endowment of£10 per annum. Some curious ancient coffins of massive stone were found a few years since.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 337-341. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51337 Date accessed: 09 May 2011.

Civil Registration
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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.

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Leyburn Poor Law Union, Yorkshire

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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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Web sites
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