Burnby, Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Burnby is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Giles

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1584
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1601

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

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Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BURNBY, a parish in Pocklington district, E. R. Yorkshire; on an affluent of the river Derwent and on the York and Market-Weighton railway, 2½ miles ESE of Pocklington. It has a station on the railway; and its Post Town is Hayton, under York. Acres, 1,667. Real property, £2,515. Pop., 126. Houses, 24. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £318. Patron, Lord Londesborough. The church is fair.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

BURNBY (St. Giles), a parish, in the union of Pocklington, Wilton-Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, E. riding of York, 2¾ miles (S. E. by E.) from Pocklington; containing 110 inhabitants.

The parish comprises 1700 acres, of which equal portions are arable and meadow, and about 300 acres wold land, with a small quantity of wood: the soil is generally a rich clay, the surface undulated, and the scenery in many situations very picturesque.

The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £7. 15.; net income, £318; patron, the Duke of Devonshire. The church is a small ancient fabric, with a Norman bell-gable and door at the west end.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

BURNBY Church, Yorkshire

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Burnby – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Hayton, Nunburnholme and Burnby monumental inscriptions
Author:    East Yorkshire Family History Society

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

England, Yorkshire, Burnby – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Burnby, 1601-1842
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Burnby (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Burnby, parish registers, 1584-1975
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Burnby (Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute

Parish register transcripts, 1816-1835
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Burnby (Yorkshire); Smith, Margaret E.

Parish registers of Burnby, 1584-1992
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Burnby (Yorkshire)

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

England, Yorkshire, Burnby – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Burnby, 1783-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Pocklington
  • Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese: York
  • Rural Deanery: Harthill and Hull
  • Poor Law Union: Pocklington
  • Hundred: Harthill
  • Province: York