Beverley Saint Nicholas, Yorkshire, England Genealogy
Guide to Beverley Saint Nicholas, Yorkshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Beverley Saint Nicholas | |
| Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Yorkshire |
| Hundred | Beverley |
| Poor Law Union | Beverly |
| Registration District | Beverley |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1561 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1600; Separate records exist for Beverley St Nicholas beginning 1601 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Harthill and Hull |
| Diocese | York |
| Province | York |
| Probate Court | Court of the Peculiar of the Provost of the Collegiate Church of St John, Beverley |
| Archive | |
| Yorkshire Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
BEVERLEY, a borough, market-town, and the head of a union, in the East Riding of York, 9 miles NW from Hull, 29 ESE from York, and 183 N from London; comprising the parishes of St. John, St. Martin, St. Mary, and St. Nicholas, the first of which includes the townships of Aike, Eske, Molescroft, Storkhill with Sandholme, Thearne, Tickton with Hull-Bridge, Weel, and Woodmansey with Beverley-Park; and containing 8759 inhabitants. There are places of worship in the town for Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, and Primitive and Wesleyan Methodists.[1]
BEVERLEY, a town, four parishes, a sub-district, and a district in East Riding Yorkshire. St. Nicholas' parish Pop., 1,410. Houses, 337. [2]
Resources[edit | edit source]
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Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England[edit | edit source]
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Beverley Saint Nicholas Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-East Riding | ||||||
| Parish Registers - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-East Riding ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast Banns-East Riding ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast Marriage Licences-East Riding ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry Marriage Bonds-East Riding ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - East Riding ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - East Riding ($)
- 1611-1861 Archdeaconry of Richmond, England, Church of England Marriage Bonds, 1611-1861 at Ancestry – index & images ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records[edit | edit source]
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 223-228. Adapted. Date accessed: 03 January 2014.
- ↑ John M. Wilson,Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales 1870-1872 Adapted. Date Accessed 3 January 2014.