York Minster, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  North Riding  York Cathedral

Parish History
"YORK, a city and county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the E. riding of York, of which it is the capital, 193 miles (N. N. W.) from London; containing 28,842 inhabitants. The origin of this ancient city, which in Nenuius' catalogue is called Caer Ebrauc".

From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 719-742. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51438 Date accessed: 19 August 2011.

York Cathedral, from ancient times (1136 A.D.) is known as St Peter, York. Lying within the city proper, are the following ancient parishes:

1. All Saints, North-Street

2. All Saints, Pavement

3. St. Peter the Little

4. St. Crux

5. St. Cuthbert

6. St. Helen on the Walls

7. All Saints in Peaseholm

8. St. Denis in Walmgate,

9. St. George

10. St. Helen, Stonegate

11. St. John at Ousebridge-end

12. St. Lawrence

13. St. Nicholas

14. St. Margaret, Walmgate

15. St. Peter-le-Willows 16. St. Martin, Coney-street

17. St. Martin, Micklegate

18. St. Gregory

19. St. Mary Bishopshill Senior

20. St. Mary Bishopshill Junior

21. St. Mary, Castlegate

22. St. Michael-le-Belfry

23. St. WilfredDischarged

24. St. Michael, Spurrier-gate, or Ouse-bridge

25. St. Olave

26. St. Giles

27. St. Sampson

28. St. Saviour

29. St. Andrew

30. Holy Trinity, or Christ-church, King's-ct

31. Holy Trinity, Micklegate

32. Holy Trinity, Goodrangate

33. St. John Delpike

34. St. Maurice without Monkbar

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 neighboring 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. This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1603. Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, nonconformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

Census records
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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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