North Ferriby Yorkshire Family History Guide

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North Ferriby is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire. Kingston upon Hull St Mary is a chapelry of North Ferriby.

Other places in the parish include: Wold-Ings and Newington, Wold Ings, Willerby near Hull, Willerby, West Ella, Thirlby, Swanland and Braffords, Swanland, Newington, Dairy Coates and Wold-Ings, Dairy Coates, and Bradfords.

Alternative names: Kingston upon Hull All Saints, North Ferriby with Dairy Coates

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1561
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

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

Adjacent Parishes

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Parish History

North Ferriby 1905
North Ferriby 1905

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FERRIBY (North), a township and a parish in Sculcoates district, E. R. Yorkshire.

The township lies on the Humber, and on the Hull and Selby railway, at Ferriby station, 7½ miles W by S of Hull; and has a post office under Brough. Acres, 1, 934; of which 324 are water. Real property, £3, 320. Pop., 434. Houses, 85.

The parish contains also the township of Swanland. Acres, 6, 052; of which 1, 242 are water. Real property, £9, 447. Pop., 948. Houses, 190.

The manor was desolated by the Danes; belonged afterwards to the Mortimers; and passed to the De la Poles and the Bacons. A preceptory of Knights Templars was founded here in 1200, by Eustace de Vesci; became afterwards an Augustinian priory; and has completely disappeared.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £163. Patron, W. W. Wilkinson, Esq. The church is modern; and there is a Primitive Methodist chapel. An endowed school has £30; and other charities £33.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, North Ferriby – Cemeteries ( 2 )
North Ferriby extension : monumental inscriptions
Author:    East Yorkshire Family History Society

North Ferriby monumental inscriptions
Author:    East Yorkshire Family History Society

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

England, Yorkshire, North Ferriby – Church history ( 1 )
A country Independent chapel : Swanland, E. Yorks., Congregational Church
Author:    Patton, John George

England, Yorkshire, North Ferriby – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for North Ferriby, 1600-1851
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of North Ferriby (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, North Ferriby, parish registers, 1561-1967
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of North Ferriby (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Newington, St. John the Baptist, index to baptisms : 1 June 1875 – 14 July 1884
Author:    Church of England. St. John the Baptist’s Church (Newington, Yorkshire)

Parish registers for St. John the Baptist’s Church, Newington, 1875-1892
Author:    Church of England. St. John the Baptist’s Church (Newington, Yorkshire)

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

Administration

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