East Acklam, Yorkshire Family History Guide
East Acklam is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1770 from a chapelry in Stainton in Cleveland Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Leavening and Acklam with Barthorpe.
Alternative names: Acklam
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1716
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1626
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ACKLAM, a township and a parish in Malton district, E. R. Yorkshire.
The township is called Acklam-with-Barthorpe, and lies 5 miles ESE of Kirkham r. station, and 7 S of Malton. Acres, 1,860. Pop. 366. Houses, 82.
The parish is called East Acklam, and contains also the township of Leavening. Post town, Kirby-Underdale under York. Acres, 2,970. Real property, £1,621. Pop., 774. Houses, 184. The surface is on the Wolds, and commands a very extensive view. The property is much subdivided.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £108. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church was rebuilt in 1868.
There are chapels for Wesleyan and Primitive Methodists. Some ancient entrenchments and other works, British or Roman, are on the hills.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
ACKLAM (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Malton, wapentake of Buckrose, E. riding of York; containing the townships of Acklam-with-Barthorpe, and Leavening; and having 845 inhabitants, of whom 411 are in Acklam-with-Barthorpe, 7¼ miles (S.) from Malton.
The parish comprises about 4000 acres: the surface is elevated, including a portion of the wolds, from which a most extensive view of the surrounding country is obtained; and the scenery is in many parts beautifully romantic. The soil in the valley is a strong clay, in other parts of lighter quality; and stone of a good kind for building is largely quarried.
The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £5; net income, £108; patron, the Chancellor of the Cathedral of York. The church, rebuilt in 1790, is a neat structure with a square tower, and contains 250 sittings.
There are places of worship for Primitive Methodists and Wesleyans.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Malton
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Chancellor of York with the Prebendal Jurisdiction of Laughton en le Morthen
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: Buckrose
- Poor Law Union: Malton
- Hundred: Buckrose
- Province: York