Brandesburton, Yorkshire Family History Guide
Brandesburton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Moor Town.
Alternative names: Brands Burton, Brandsburton
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Leven
- North Frodingham
- Beeford with Lissett and Dunnington
- Sigglesthorne
- Catwick
- Nunkeeling and Bewholme
- Watton
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
BRANDSBURTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Skirlaugh, N. division of the wapentake of Holderness, E. riding of York; containing 718 inhabitants, of whom 34 are in the township of Moortown, and 684 in that of Brandsburton, 8½ miles (N. E.) from Beverley.
The church of St. John de Beverley had property here so early as the time of Athelstan, by whom a grant of lands was made to that establishment; and among the families who held possessions in the place at an early date, occurs that of St. Quintin.
The township of Brandsburton comprises 4484 acres, whereof 506 are common or waste. The village, which is large, well built, and in a very flourishing condition, is situated on the lower road from Hull to Bridlington and Scarborough. Here is a large show for horses on the 11th of April; and a fair is held on May 14th. The marketcross stands in the centre of the village.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £24. 13. 4.; net income, £895; patrons, the Master and Fellows of St. John’s College, Cambridge. The church, which is principally in the later style of English architecture, is situated on a slight eminence, and when seen from the south-west is highly picturesque, the old trees about it adding greatly to the effect; it is of considerable size, and consists of a nave, aisles, and chancel, with a low embattled tower.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyans, and another used alternately by the Independents and Primitive Methodists.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Skirlaugh
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York, Court of the Peculiar of the Provost of the Collegiate Church of St John, Beverley
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: North Holderness
- Poor Law Union: Skirlaugh
- Hundred: Holderness
- Province: York