Ruston Parva, Yorkshire Family History Guide
Ruston Parva is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Alternative names: Little Ruston
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1572
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
RUSTON PARVA, a parish, in the union of Driffield, wapentake of Dickering, E. riding of York, 4¼ miles (N. E.) from Driffield; containing 172 inhabitants.
The parish comprises by measurement 950 acres. Limestone of excellent quality is found in abundance, and great quantities of it are burnt into lime, for the supply of the adjacent district.
The village, which is well built, is situated close to the road from Driffield to Bridlington.
The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £51; patron and impropriator, W. T. St. Quintin, Esq.: the tithes were commuted for land in 1801. The church was rebuilt of white brick in 1832.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Driffield
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Provost of the Collegiate Church of St John, Beverley
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: Dickering
- Poor Law Union: Driffield
- Hundred: Dickering
- Province: York