East Ayton, Yorkshire, England Genealogy
Guide to East Ayton, Yorkshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Parish History
AYTON, EAST, a chapelry, in the parish of Seamer, (near and in the) union of Scarborough, Pickering lythe, N. riding of York, 5 miles (S. W. by W.) from Scarborough; containing 362 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. There is a place of worship for Primitive Methodists.[1]
Seamer with Cayton and East Ayton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire (which also see).
Other places in the parish include: Seamer St John the Baptist, Cayton, Irton, Cayton with Deepdale and Killerby, East Ayton, and Cayton near Scarborough.
Non-Church of England denominations identified in Seamer with Cayton and East Ayton include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.
SEAMER (St Martin), a parish, in the union of Scarborough, Pickering lythe, N. riding of York; containing, with the townships of East Ayton and Irton, 1121 inhabitants, of whom 625 are in Seamer township, 4½ miles (S. W. by S.) from Scarborough. This parish was annexed (united) with the parish of Cayton (which see). There was also a chapel of ease built from at least the 14th century at East Ayton, called St John the Baptist (which also see). The Wesleyans have a place of worship here.[2]
Resources
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Cemeteries
- 1816-1910 Monumental Inscriptions, East Ayton, York, England, 1816-1910(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- 1700-1950 Monumental Inscriptions, Ayton Churchyard, near Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, about 1700-1950(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions, of East Ayton, Yorkshire, England(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration
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
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
NonConformist Records refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England
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
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| East Ayton Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Yorkshire | ||||||
| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Yorkshire | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Yorkshire ($) | ||||||
| Findmypast Banns-Yorkshire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry Church of England (Early)-West Riding ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry Church of England (Late)-West Riding ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - West Riding of Yorkshire ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Yorkshire ($)
- 1611-1861 Archdeaconry of Richmond, England, Church of England Marriage Bonds, 1611-1861 at Ancestry – index & images ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records
"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
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
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Websites
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References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 120-124. Adapted. Date accessed: 16 April 2013.
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 36-40. Adapted. Date accessed: 16 Apr 2013.