Muston Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Muston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1541
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MUSTON, a parish, with a small village, in the district of Scarborough and E. R. Yorkshire; on the coast, and on the Hull and Scarborough railway, midway between Hunmanby and Filey r. stations, 1¾ mile S W of Filey. Post-town, Filey, Yorkshire.

Acres, 2, 226. Real property, £4,068. Pop., 391. Houses, 74. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to Admiral Mitford. Muston Hall and Muston Lodge are chief residences. Stone is quarried.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £256. Patron, Admiral Mitford. The church is ancient but good, and has a bell-turret.

There are chapels for Independents 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].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Muston – Cemeteries ( 3 )
Monumental inscriptions in Yorkshire
Author:    Gardner, David Ensign, 1915-2007

Monumental inscriptions, Muston, York, England, 1700-1900

Muston monumental inscriptions
Author:    East Yorkshire Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Muston (Yorkshire)

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

England, Yorkshire, Muston – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Filey, 1598-1867
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Filey (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Hunmanby, 1601-1866
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Hunmanby (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Muston, 1600-1878
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Muston (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Muston, parish registers, 1541-1983
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Muston (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Hunmanby bishop’s transcripts 1639-1886
Author:    Theriault, Linda; Dewing, Anne

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

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

Maps

Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time

Administration

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