Reighton, Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Reighton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Alternative names: Righton

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1559
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

REIGHTON, or Righton, a village and a parish in Bridlington district, E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands near the coast, 1½ mile NW of Speeton r. station, and 5½ NW by N of Bridlington; and has a post-office under Hull.

The parish comprises 1, 680 acres of land, and 138 of foreshore. Real property, £2, 334. Pop., 251. Houses, 55. The manor belongs to Admiral Mitford. B Hall is an ancient brick edifice. A line of rampart extends along the brick brow of the Wolds, between Reighton and Speeton-Cliff.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £177. Patron, Sir G. Strickland, Bart. The church has a Norman chancel and a bell turret; and the churchyard commands fine views.

There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

REIGHTON, a parish, in the union of Bridlington, wapentake of Dickering, E. riding of York, 3 miles (E. S. E.) from Hunmanby; containing 224 inhabitants.

The parish comprises by admeasurement 2700 acres, and is situated on the road from Hull to Scarborough, and bounded on the east by Filey bay. There are several good limestone-quarries.

The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £9. 10., net income, £177; patron, and impropriator, Sir George Strickland, Bart. The tithes were commuted for land and corn-rents in 1811; the glebe consists of 70 acres. The church is extremely ancient.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

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England, Yorkshire, Righton

England, Yorkshire, Reighton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Reighton monumental inscriptions
Author:    East Yorkshire Family History Society. Scarborough Branch; East Yorkshire Family History Society

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

England, Yorkshire, Reighton – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Hunmanby, 1601-1866
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Hunmanby (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Newton-Wold, 1626-1859
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Newton-Wold (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Reighton, 1600-1836
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Reighton (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Reighton, parish registers, 1559-1993
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Reighton (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

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

Reighton parish records
Author:    Blosfelds, Lisa; East Yorkshire Family History Society

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

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

Administration

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