Scrayingham Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Scrayingham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Leppington and Howsham.

Alternative names: Scrayingham with Howsham and Leppington

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1648
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1626

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SCRAYINGHAM, a township in Pocklington district, and a parish partly also in Malton district, but all in E. R. Yorkshire.

The township lies on the river Derwent, 3½ miles S E by S of Barton-Hill r. station, and 10½ N E of York; and has a post-office under York. Acres, 1,470. Real property, £1,952. Pop., 160. Houses, 31.

The parish contains also the townships of Howsham and Leppington, and comprises 4,689 acres. Pop., 480. Houses, 87. Howsham Hall and Aldby Park are chief residences.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £661. Patron, the Crown. The church is modern; and a chapel of ease is at Leppington.

There is 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, Scrayingham – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Westow, Scrayingham & Skirpenbeck monumental inscriptions
Author:    East Yorkshire Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Westow (Yorkshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Skirpenbeck (Yorkshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Scrayingham (Yorkshire)

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

England, Yorkshire, Scrayingham – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Scrayingham, 1626-1865
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Scrayingham (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Scrayingham, parish registers, 1648-1977
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Scrayingham (Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute

Parish registers for Scrayingham, 1648-1902
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Scrayingham (Yorkshire)

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

England, Yorkshire, Scrayingham – Taxation ( 3 )
Land tax assessments for Howsham, 1783-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Leppington, 1783-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Scrayingham, 1783-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Administration

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