Lockton, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes K-R  North Riding  Lockton



Parish History
Lockton St Giles was a former chapelry of Middleton with Cropton and Lockton, Yorkshire

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Lockton like this:

Lockton, township and vil., Middleton par., North-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles NE. of Pickering, 7423 ac., pop. 400. LOCKTON,a township, in the parish of Middleton, union and lythe of Pickering, N. riding of York,5 miles (N. E. by N.) from Pickering; containing 347inhabitants. It comprises 4010 acres, of which 1142 are inclosed, 1058 uninclosed, and 1810 acres arein Saltersgate; the soil is very productive, and some good stone is burned into lime. The Whitby and Pickering railway passes through the township. The village, which is pleasantly situated, borders on two winding dales. There is a small chapel of ease in the village, rebuilt in 1800; also a place of worship for Wesleyans. From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 126-129. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51116 Date accessed: 08 September 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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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
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
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