Preston in Holderness, Yorkshire Family History Guide
Preston in Holderness is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Lelleydale and Lelley.
Alternative names: Preston
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1559
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
PRESTON, a village and a township in Sculcoates district, and a parish partly also in Skirlaugh district, E. R. Yorkshire.
The village stands 1 mile N of Hedon r.station, and has a post-office under Hull.
The township comprises 4, 980 acres of land and 390 of water. Real property, £9, 548. Pop., 902. Houses, 209.
The parish contains also the township of Lilley, and comprises 6, 170 acres. Real property, £11,006. Pop., 1,061. Houses, 240. The property is much subdivided.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £310. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is a fine edifice.
There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, an endowed school with £86 a year, and charities £92.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
PRESTON (All Saints), a parish, in the unions of Sculcoates and Skirlaugh, Middle division of the wapentake of Holderness, E. riding of York; containing, with the township of Lelley, 1082 inhabitants, of whom 946 are in Preston township, 7 miles (E. by N.) from Hull.
An hospital for lepers was founded here early in the reign of John, in honour of the Holy Sepulchre, by John Fitz-Oubern, and placed under the control of a master and certain brethren and sisters. No remains exist; but coins, keys, &c. are occasionally found in digging, and a valuable relic has been lately discovered, with the legend “The seal of Master Simon of the house of the Blessed Virgin Mary.”
The parish comprises upwards of 4850 acres of land, divided among many proprietors; the village is considerable, and contains some good houses, on the road from Hedon to Bilton.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the patronage of the Sub-Dean of York, valued in the king’s books at £12; net income, £81. The church is in the later English style, consisting of a nave, north aisle, and chancel, with a tower of hewn stone, which is the finest part of the edifice; the interior is neat, and has numerous monumental inscriptions.
There are places of worship for Primitive Methodists and Wesleyans. Thomas Holmes, in 1718, endowed a school with £200, which sum was laid out in land, now producing an income of about £30.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Sculcoates
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Subdean of York
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: South Holderness
- Poor Law Union: Sculcoates
- Hundred: Holderness
- Province: York