High and Low Bishopside, Yorkshire, England Genealogy


Guide to High and Low Bishopside, Yorkshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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Type Chapelry
Civil Jurisdictions
County Yorkshire
Hundred Ripon Liberty
Poor Law Union Ripon
Registration District Pateley Bridge
Records Begin
Parish registers None; For records see Ripon
Bishop's Transcripts None; For records see Ripon
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery Ripon
Diocese Pre-1836 - York; Post-1835 - Ripon
Province York
Probate Court Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
Archive
Yorkshire Record Office


Parish History

BISHOPSIDE, HIGH and LOW, a township, in the chapelry and union of Pateley-Bridge, parish and liberty of Ripon, W. riding of York, 10½ miles (W. S. W.) from Ripon; containing 1937 inhabitants. [1]

Resources

Civil Registration

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.

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 date.

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.

Census Records

Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.


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

  1. Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 263-267. Date accessed: 6 December 2013.