Wilberfoss, Yorkshire, England Genealogy
England 
Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes, S-Y East Riding of Yorkshire
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, with the township of Newton-upon-Derwent, 586 inhabitants, of whom 357 are in the township of Wilberfoss, 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
Online Records
Online data content from chapelry registers of *PARISH* 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 |
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For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Warrington-Padgate Christ Church and comprising the whole ancient parish of **PARISH NAME** to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the **PARISH NAME/link** PARISH page.
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
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.
Web sites
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 575-577. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51407