Kirby Misperton, Yorkshire Genealogy

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Parish History
Kirby Misperton St Lawrence is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire. Other places in the parish include: Barugh Ambo, Barughs Ambo, Barughs Ambo with Great and Little Barugh, Great and Little Barugh, Ryton, Great Habton, Little Barugh, Little Habton, and Great Barugh.

KIRKBY-MISPERTON (St. Lawrence), a parish,partly in the union of Malton, and partly in that of Pickering, lythe of Pickering, N. riding of York;containing, with the townships of Barugh-Ambo, Grea tand Little Habton, and Ryton, 905 inhabitants, of whom169 are in the township of Kirkby-Misperton, 8 miles(N.) from Malton. The parish is bounded on the south by the river Rye; the soil is in general a strong clay,but sandy in the northern part, and the scenery in many situations is picturesque. The village is on an eminence,and nearly at the junction of Ryedale with the vale of the Derwent. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £25. 1. 10½.; net income, £960; patron, Lord Feversham. The church is an ancient edifice,with a square tower. There is a chapel of ease at Ryton,and at Great Habton and Barugh are places of worship for Wesleyans.

From: Lewis, Samuel A. A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 692-697. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51082 Date accessed: 07 May 2011.

Civil Registration
Records from the Ryedale registration district held at the North Yorkshire Registration Service are included in the online index available at Yorkshire BMD for post 1837 events; view the coverage table to check progress on the availability of index search.

Marriages include


 * Church of England marriages.
 * Civil Marriages at register offices, or non-conformist churches where a registrar was required to be present at the ceremony.
 * Authorised Person marriages. These cover the non-conformist places of worship which applied to keep their own registers as a result of the Marriage Act, 1898 (bringing them into line with Jewish and Quaker marriages which had this status since 1837). In such cases an 'Authorised Person' (usually the minister or priest) recorded the ceremony instead of the registrar. Earlier weddings in these places would be included with civil marriage registers.

A secondary index of 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 however this secondary index may omit the event and may not contain the detail of the Yorkshire BMD index

Church records
Deposited Parish registers at the North Yorkshire Record Office Bapt 1788-1944 Marr 1789-1976 Bur 1788-1962

Bishop's Transcripts: 1600-1602, 1608, 1625, 1628, 1631-1639, 1662-1667, 1669, 1671-1673,1675-1686, 1688, 1689, 1691-1737, 1739-1832, 1834-1837

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
Pickering 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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