Huggate Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Huggate is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Parish church: St Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1539 (Free Online)
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1626

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Huggate Parish Registers

The Parish Registers of Huggate, Yorkshire 1539 to 1812. Transcribed by Miss Edith Hobday. Publisher: The Parish Register Society. Date of publication: 1901 – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HUGGATE, a village and a parish in Pocklington district, E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the Wolds, 4¼ miles SSW of Sledmere and Fimber r. station, and 7 NE of Pocklington; and has a post office under York, and a well 348 feet deep. The parish comprises 6,500 acres. Real property, £6,185. Pop., 589. Houses, 109. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to James Christie, Esq. Danish earthworks and numerous barrows are on the hills. Races used to be run in July. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £449. Patron, the Lord Chancellor, The church is good, and has a tower and spire. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and a national school.

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

Administration

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