Skerne Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Skerne is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

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

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

SKERNE, a parish, in the union of Driffield, Bainton-Beacon division of the wapentake of Harthill, E. riding of York, 2¼ miles (S. E. by S.) from Great Driffield; containing 213 inhabitants.

It comprises about 2600 acres: the village is pleasantly situated, and the Driffield canal bounds the parish on the east. There is a large mill for grinding bones for manure.

The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £71; patrons and impropriators, the family of Arkwright. The church has been completely restored at the expense of the patrons; the roof is entirely new, and the fittings up now present an exceedingly chaste appearance.

The Wesleyans have a meeting-house.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Skerne – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Skerne monumental inscriptions

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

England, Yorkshire, Skerne – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Skerne, 1600-1872
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Skerne (Yorkshire)

Churchwardens accounts, 1826-1861
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Skerne (Yorkshire)

Driffield Wesleyan (later Trinity) Methodist Circuit baptisms 1878-1891 : Circuit eventually comprised chapels at Bainton, Beeford, Brigham, Cranswick, Driffield, Fimber, Frodingham, Foston, Fridaythorpe, Garton, Lockington, Lund, Middleton, Nafferton, North Dalton, Skerne, Sledmere, Southburn, Tibthorpe, Wansford, Wetwang
Author: Petch, Della

England, Yorkshire, Skerne, parish registers, 1813-1992
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Skerne (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Skerne, 1561-1891
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Skerne (Yorkshire)

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

England, Yorkshire, Skerne – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Skerne, 1782-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Administration

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