Wighill Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Wighill is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Easedike.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1717
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WIGHILL, a parish, with a village, in Tadcaster district, W. R. Yorkshire; 2¾ miles N by W of Tadcaster r. station. Post town, Tadcaster.

Acres, 2,588. Real property, £3,565. Pop., 280. Houses, 58. The manor, with W. Park, belongs to A. Montagu, Esq. Brook Hall is the seat of the Dawsons.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £150. Patron, A. Montagu, Esq. The church is Norman.

There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Wighill – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions of All Saints Church and churchyard, Wighill
Author:    Garside, Jean; Garside, Tom

England, Yorkshire, Wighill – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Wighill, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Wighill – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Walton (near Wetherby), 1600-1890
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Walton (near Wetherby, Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Wighill, 1600-1861
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wighill (Yorkshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Walton (near Wighill); Church of England. Parish Church of Askham-Richard (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Wighill, parish registers, 1813-1925
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wighill (Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute

Parish registers for Wighill, 1717-1900
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wighill (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Wighill – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Wighill, Yorks., Eng

Administration

  • County:    Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District:    Tadcaster
  • Probate Court:    Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese:    York
  • Rural Deanery:    New Ainsty
  • Poor Law Union:    Wetherby
  • Hundred:    York (Ainsty)
  • Province:    York