Brayton with Barlow Yorkshire Family History Guide
Brayton with Barlow is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Thorpe Willoughby, Hambleton, Gateforth, Burn, and Barlow.
Alternative names: Brayton
Riding: West Riding
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1614
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1617
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Parish History
Brayton
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BRAYTON, a township and a parish in Selby district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the Selby canal, between the rivers Ouse and Aire, and on the Leeds and Selby railway, 1½ mile WSW of Selby. Acres, 1,790. Real property, £2,976. Pop., 367. Houses, 80.
The parish contains also the townships of Gateforth, Hambleton, Thorpe-Willoughby, Burn, and Barlow; and its Post Town is Selby. Acres, 10,820. Real property, £15,983. Pop., 1,794. Houses, 376. The property is much subdivided.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £355. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is of various dates and character, from Norman downward; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with lofty west steeple; shows much beautiful Norman work; is in very good condition; and contains a fine sculptured font of 1861.
The chapelries of Gateforth and Barlow are separate benefices. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £41.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Barlow
Langdale A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire 1822
Barlow, in the parish of Brayton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles from Selby, 5 from Snaith, 13 from Pontefract. – Pop. 175.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire By Thomas Langdale. Second Edition. Printed and Sold by J. Langdale; and sold by T. Langdale, Ripon. 1822.
Parish Registers
Paver’s Marriage Licences
It would appear that a good many licences were never used. So genealogists should exercise a little care in their acceptance of the licenses.
1630 Joseph Mollett, Brayton, and Ann Carrack, St. Sampson—either place.
Source: The Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series Vol XL for the Year 1908; Edited by John WM. Clay, F.S.A., Vice-President of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society; Printed for the Society 1909.
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Selby
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of Selby
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: New Ainsty
- Poor Law Union: Selby
- Hundred: Barkstone Ash
- Province: York