Kirk Deighton, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  West Riding  Kirk Deighton

Parish History
DEIGHTON, KIRK (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Barwick (under Gilbert's act), Upper division of the wapentake of Claro, W. riding of York; containing 539 inhabitants, of whom 168 are in the township of North Deighton, and 371 in that of Kirk-Deighton, one mile (N. by W.) from Wetherby. This parish is bounded by the river Nidd, and the beautiful river Wharfe winds along its southern confines. The area is about 3700 acres, which are arable, with the exception of a little pasture and woodland; the surface is gently undulated, and the soil, which rests on limestone, is fertile. Great quantities of limestone are quarried, and burnt into lime for manure. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £15. 11. 10½.; net income, £901; patron and incumbent, the Rev. J. W. Geldart, LL.D. The church is an ancient and handsome structure, with a spire. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. A Sunday school was endowed by the late Sir Hugh Palliser with £30 a year, and a parochial school has been united to it.

From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 23-28. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50916 Date accessed: 19 August 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1600.

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Census records
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Probate records
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