Heslington St Paul Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Heslington St Paul is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Water Fulford.

Alternative names: St Paul Heslington, York St Paul Heslington

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1639

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Association.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HESLINGTON-ST. PAUL, a village and a parish in York district and E. R. Yorkshire.

The village stands in the vale of the Ouse, 2¼ miles ESE of York r. station; and has a post office, of the name of Heslington, under York.

The parish comprises 1, 187 acres. Real property, with H. ST. Lawrence, £5, 020. Rated property of H. ST. P. alone, £1, 295. Pop., 233. Houses, 49. The property is divided among a few.

The manor belongs to Mrs. Lloyd. Heslington Hall belonged to the Heskeths; passed to the Yarburghs; is a fine specimen of Tudor architecture; and is said to have been built for the reception of Queen Elizabeth, when visiting the north.

Two stone coffins, and some very ancient bracelets and gold rings, were found, in 1855, in a gravel pit near the village.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £63. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church was rebuilt in 1858, and is a handsome edifice, with a spire.

There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Heslington-St. Paul – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Heslington, monumental inscriptions
Author:    East Yorkshire Family History Society

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

England, Yorkshire, Heslington-St. Paul – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Heslington-St. Paul, 1639-1870
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Heslington-St. Paul (Yorkshire)

The parish register of Heslington, 1639-1837
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Heslington-St. Paul (Yorkshire); Smith, Margaret E.

Parish registers for Heslington-St. Paul, 1653-1904
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Heslington-St. Paul (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Heslington-St. Paul – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Heslington-St. Paul, Yorks., Eng

England, Yorkshire, Heslington-St. Paul – Probate records ( 1 )
Original wills, bonds, inventories, 1528-1827
Author:    Church of England. Prebendal Court (Ampleforth)

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

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