Heslington St Lawrence Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Heslington St Lawrence is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1740 from York St Lawrence Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: St Lawrence Heslington, York St Lawrence Heslington

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: None
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include: 

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HESLINGTON-ST. LAWRENCE, a township in York-St. Lawrence parish, E. R. Yorkshire; contiguous to Heslington-St. Paul parish, in the ESE outskirts of York.

It forms the portion of St. Lawrence parish beyond the borough boundary of York city. Acres, 1, 371. Pop., 307. Houses, 63.

An hospital, for eight aged men and one woman, was founded here in 1608 by Sir Thomas Hesketh; was rebuilt in 1795; and has an enendowed income of £55.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

See Heslington St Paul

Administration

  • County:    Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District:    York
  • Probate Court:    Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Ampleforth
  • Diocese:    York
  • Rural Deanery:    Bulmer
  • Poor Law Union:    York
  • Hundred:    Ouse and Derwent
  • Province:    York