Richmond Holy Trinity, Yorkshire Genealogy
England 
Yorkshire North Riding Richmond Holy Trinity
Parish History
Richmond Holy Trinity is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1755 from Richmond, Yorkshire Ancient Parish and occupies part of the cobbled market place in the centre of the town.
The chapel of the Holy Trinity, in the centre of the town,belonged to the abbey of St. Mary at York, but was suffered to become ruinous, and no service was performed in it from the year 1712 until 1740, at which period it was repaired by the corporation.
From A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 659-665. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51236 Date accessed: 30 April 2011.
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
To find the names of the neighbouring 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.
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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Richmond Poor Law Union, Yorkshire
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
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