Hilston Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Hilston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1654
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1601

Nonconformists include: 

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HILSTON, a parish in Patrington district, E. R. Yorkshire; on the coast, 8 miles N E by E of Hedon r. station. Post town, Aldborough, under Hull.

Acres, 548. Real property, £679. Pop., 54. Houses, 8. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £70. Patron, Sir Tatton Sykes. The church has a fine Norman doorway, but was recently in bad condition.

A brick octagonal tower stands on Hilston Mount; was built in 1762; and is 62 feet in circuit, and 50 feet high.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Hilston – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Tunstall, Hilston & Garton monumental inscriptions
Author:    East Yorkshire Family History Society

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

England, Yorkshire, Hilston – Census – 1811 ( 1 )
Population lists and marriage licence, 1811-1821
Author:    Hilston (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Hilston – Census – 1821 ( 1 )
Population lists and marriage licence, 1811-1821
Author:    Hilston (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Hilston – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Hilston, 1601-1840
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Hilston (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Hilston, parish registers, 1813-1988
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Hilston (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Hilston, 1654-1837
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Hilston (Yorkshire)

Population lists and marriage licence, 1811-1821
Author:    Hilston (Yorkshire)

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

England, Yorkshire, Hilston – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Hilston, 1782-1807
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (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