Hessle, Yorkshire, England Genealogy
Guide to Hessle, Yorkshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Hessle | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Yorkshire |
| Hundred | Kingston-upon-Hull |
| Poor Law Union | Sculcoates |
| Registration District | Sculcoates |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1560 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1600 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Harthill and Hull |
| Diocese | York |
| Province | York |
| Probate Court | Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York |
| Archive | |
| Yorkshire Record Office | |
Parish History
HESSLE (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Sculcoates, county of the town of Hull, locally in the East Riding of York, 4 miles WSW from Hull. This place was anciently called Hest, and its church was the mother church of the Holy Trinity, in Hull, which town was separated by act of parliament, in 1661. The village is on the River Humber, across which is a royal ferry to Barton, on the opposite shore; the first station on the line of the Hull and Selby railway is also situated here. Church of England records began in 1560. There are places of worship for Methodists of the Old and the New Connexion. [1]
Resources
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Cemeteries
- 1865-1950 Hessle Civil Cemetery Records, 1865-1950(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
- Monumental Inscriptions of Albion Rd. Cemetery, North Shields, Northumberland; Roman Catholic Cemetery, Albion Rd. ...(*) 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.
Non-Conformist 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
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Hessle 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
"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
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
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.
Websites
References
- ↑ Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 491-497. Date Accessed: October 31, 2013.