Hornby, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  North Riding  Hornby



Parish History
Hornby is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire. Other places in the parish include: Ainderby Meyers with Holtby, Ainderby Miers, Hackforth, Arrathorne, and Ainderby Myers with Holtby.

HORNBY (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Leyburn, wapentake of Hang-East, N. riding of York;containing, with the townships of Ainderby-Myers with Holtby, and Hackforth, 309 inhabitants, of whom 87are in the township of Hornby, 5 miles (S. S. W.) from Catterick. The parish comprises by estimation 4175acres; the soil is gravelly, and the surface and scenery are richly embellished. Hornby Castle, anciently the seat of the family of St. Quintin, and now belonging tohis Grace the Duke of Leeds, is a spacious mansion indifferent styles of architecture, containing superb apartments, and commanding a fine view of the valley of Bedale. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of York (the appropriators), valued in the king's books at £6. 15. 6.; net income, £135. The great tithes of the township of Hornby have been commuted for £626, and the small for £93: the Dean and Chapter have a glebe of 67acres. The church, supposed to have been built about the 13th century, is partly in the Norman style.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 547-550. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51044 Date accessed: 09 May 2011.

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.

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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
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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