Burstwick, Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Burstwick is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Burstwick with Skeckling, Skeckling, Ryhill and Camerton, Ryhill near Hedon, Ryhill, Ridgmont, and Camerton.

Alternative names: Nuthill

Parish church: All Saints

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1747
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist, Roman Catholic, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

BURSTWICK (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Patrington, S. division of the wapentake of Holderness, E. riding of York; containing 726 inhabitants, of whom 440 are in the township of Burstwick, 3 miles (E. by S.) from Hedon.

The parish comprises the townships of Burstwick, or Burstwick-cum-Skeckling, and Ryhill-cum-Camerton, the former township having 3340 acres, chiefly set out in large farms.

The northern part of the village is the ancient hamlet of Skeckling, and the manor of Burstwick, with its members, parks, and free warren, was anciently called the “Dominion of Holderness.” The wife of Robert Bruce, King of Scotland, was confined here for some time, by order of Edward I.

The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £7; net income, £219; patron and impropriator, Sir T. A. Clifford Constable, Bart. The tithes were commuted in 1773, for land and a money payment. The church, principally in the later style, is a small ancient edifice, with an embattled tower at the west end.

There is a place of worship for Primitive Methodists.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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England, Yorkshire, Skeckling

England, Yorkshire, Burstwick – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Burstwick cemetery : monumental inscriptions
Author:    East Yorkshire Family History Society

Burstwick monumental inscriptions
Author:    East Yorkshire Family History Society

England, Yorkshire, Burstwick – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Burstwick with Skeckling, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

Census returns for Ryhill and Camerton, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Burstwick – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Skeckling cum Burstwick, 1600-1842
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Skeckling cum Burstwick (Yorkshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Skeffling (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Burstwick, parish registers, 1815-1971
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Burstwick (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Burstwick, 1747-1892
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Burstwick (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Burstwick – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Skeckling with Burstwick, Yorks., Enn

England, Yorkshire, Burstwick – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Overseers accounts, 1705-1739
Author:    Burstwick (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Burstwick – Taxation ( 3 )
Land tax assessments for Burstwick, 1782-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Ryhill, 1782-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Overseers accounts, 1705-1739
Author:    Burstwick (Yorkshire)

Administration

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