Kirkburn Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Kirkburn is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Tibthorpe, Southburn, Kirkburn and Battleburn, Eastburn, East Burn, and Battleburn.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1686
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1601

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KIRKBURN, a village, a township, and a parish in Driffield district, E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on an eminence, in the vale of a brook, at the foot of the Wolds, 2 miles S of Garton r. station, and 4 SW by W of Great Driffield; and has a post office under Driffield.

The township contains also the hamlet of Battleburn, and bears the name of Kirkburn-with-Battlebnrn. Acres, 1, 369. Real property, £1, 582. Pop., 158. Houses, 31. The parish contains also the townships of Southburn, Eastburn, and Jibthorpe. Acres, 6, 002. Real property, £7, 651. Pop., 581. Houses, 107. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to Sir T. Sykes, Bart.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £120. Patron, the Rev. R. Allen. The church is Norman; has a W tower; was restored in 1856; and contains a carved screen, and a very ancient font.

There are three Wesleyan chapels, a Primitive Methodist chapel, and national schools. A school house, for 130 children, was erected in 1861; and is in the Tudor style, with bell turret.

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

Parish Registers

Paver’s Marriage Licences

It would appear that a good many licences were never used. So genealogists should exercise a little care in their acceptance of the licenses.

1630 Ellis Foster, Bainton, and Frances Harrison, Kirkburn — either place.

Source: The Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series Vol XL for the Year 1908; Edited by John WM. Clay, F.S.A., Vice-President of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society; Printed for the Society 1909.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Kirkburn – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Kirkburn monumental inscriptions
Author: East Yorkshire Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Kirkburn (Yorkshire)

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

England, Yorkshire, Kirkburn – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Kirkburn, 1601-1875
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kirkburn (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Kirkburn, parish registers, 1813-1957
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kirkburn (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

The parish register of Kirkburn 1686-1837 : with bishop’s transcripts 1601-1685
Author: Holt, Keith; Boddington, Carole

Parish registers for Kirkburn, 1686-1892
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kirkburn (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Kirkburn – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Kirkburn, Yorks., Eng

Kirkburn index to baptisms, 8 Jan. 1865-10 Aug. 1924

England, Yorkshire, Kirkburn – Taxation ( 4 )
Land tax assessments for Eastburn, 1782-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Kirkburn, 1782-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Southburn, 1782-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Tibthorpe, 1782-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Administration

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