Market Weighton, Yorkshire Genealogy

England YorkshireYorkshire Parishes K-R  East Riding  Market Weighton

Parish History
This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1653.

WEIGHTON, MARKET (All Saints), a markettown and parish, in the union of Pocklington, Holme Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, E. riding of York; containing, with Shipton chapelry, 2269 inhabitants, of whom 1947 are in the town, 19 miles (E. S. E.) from York, and 190 (N. by W.) from London. This town is situated at the western foot of the Wolds, on the river Foulness, and on the road from York to Hull, from which places it is equi-distant. It is progressively improving, its trade having been considerably increased by the construction of a canal to the Humber: a railway was opened to Selby, and another to York, both in the latter part of 1847. The surface of the parish is undulated, the scenery picturesque, and the soil partly chalk and partly clay. The market is on Wednesday; and fairs are held on May 14th and Sept.25th, for horses, cattle, and sheep. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £4. 13. 9.; patron, the Prebendary of Weighton in York Cathedral; net income, £176. The great tithes, andthe small tithes of the new inclosures, for the manor of Market-Weighton with Shipton, were commuted for land in 1773, under an inclosure act. The church is an ancient edifice, with a square tower, and stands in the centre of the town. There are places of worship for Independents, Primitive Methodists, and Wesleyans; and a national school built in 1842, at a cost of £600. Near the town are some tumuli, which have been found to contain human bones, and the remains of ancient armour supposed to be Danish. Professor Airey was born here.

From:Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 498-499. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51385 Date accessed: 10 September 2011..

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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Probate records
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