Cowthorpe, Yorkshire, England Genealogy: Difference between revisions

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England Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes West Riding Cowthorpe

Parish History[edit | edit source]

COWTHORP (St. Michael), a parish, in the Upper division of the wapentake of Claro, W. riding of York, 3¾ miles (N. E. by N.) from Wetherby.

From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848).

Resources[edit | edit source]

Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Online Records[edit | edit source]

Online data content from chapelry registers of Cowthorpe exists at some of the following websites and for the specified ranges of years:

_{AO = Archive.org}
_{FS = FamilySearch.org}
_{ANC = ancestory.co.uk (£)}
_{HATH = HathiTrust.org}
_{JMI = JoinerMarriageIndex.co.uk}

COWTHORPE PARISH (1568) Online Records
	Baptisms		Marriages		Burials
	Indexes	Images	Indexes	Images	Indexes	Images
FS	1569-1855		1568-1836		1844-1855
JMI	None		1568-1812		None
ANC (£)
HATH	None		None		None
AO	None		None		None

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Warrington-Padgate Christ Church and comprising the whole ancient parish of Cowthorpe to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the COWTHORPE PARISH page.

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 1568.

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[edit | edit source]

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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[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]

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

Web sites[edit | edit source]

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