Wilberfoss, Yorkshire Genealogy
Guide to Wilberfoss, Yorkshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Wilberfoss, Yorkshire | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Harthill |
| County | Yorkshire |
| Poor Law Union | Pocklington |
| Registration District | Pocklington |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1618 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1600 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Harthill and Hull |
| Diocese | York |
| Province | York |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York |
| Location of Archive | |
| Yorkshire Record Office | |
Parish History
This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1618.
WILBERFOSS (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Pockltngton, Wilton-Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, E. riding of York; containing the township of Newton-upon-Derwent, 8 miles (E.) from York. There are places of worship for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.[1]
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.
Resources
Civil Registration
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
Wilberfoss parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| Wilberfoss Online Parish Records | ||||||
| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FS | 1538-1975 | 1538-1973 | 1538-1991 | |||
| FMP | 1538-2000 | 1534-1942 | 1537-2016 | |||
| FMP BTs | 1558-1914 | 1558-1899 | 1560-1919 | |||
| FMP Banns | 1600-1932 | |||||
| FMP Marr | 1613-1839 | |||||
| JOIN | 1600-1837 | |||||
| BOYD | 1538-1850 | |||||
| NBI | 1780-1841 | |||||
| IGI | ||||||
| FS Catalog PRs | ||||||
| FS Catalog BTs | ||||||
To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.
Records are also available at the The Treasure House (location of the East Riding Archives and Local Studies Service).
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
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England(1848), pp. 575-577. Adapted. Date accessed: 11 October 2013.
- ↑ ArcherSoftware.co.uk