Sledmere Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Sledmere is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Croom.

Alternative names: Sledmere with Croom

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1696
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1626

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SLEDMERE, a village and a parish in Driffield district, E. R. Yorkshire.

The village stands 3 miles NNE of Fimber r. station, and 8 NW of Driffield; and has a post-office under York.

The parish bears the name of S. -with-Croom, and comprises 6,650 acres. Real property, £5,755. Pop., 486. Houses, 76. The manor belongs to Sir T. Sykes, Bart. S. Hall is a chief residence.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, not reported. Patron, Sir T. Sykes, Bart. The church contains monuments of the Sykeses and the Mastermans.

There are a parochial school, and charities £6.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Use for:
England, Yorkshire, Sledmere-with-Croom

England, Yorkshire, Sledmere – Buildings, dwellings, etc. ( 1 )
The big house : the story of a country house and its family
Author: Sykes, Christopher Simon, 1948-

England, Yorkshire, Sledmere – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Sledmere & Cowlam, monumental inscriptions
Author: East Yorkshire Family History Society

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

England, Yorkshire, Sledmere – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Kirby-Grindalyth, 1605-1866
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kirby-Grindalyth (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Sledmere, 1626-1866
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sledmere (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Thorpe-Bassett, 1604-1874
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Thorpe-Bassett (Yorkshire)

Churchwardens, and overseers accounts, 1797-1864
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sledmere (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, Sledmere, parish registers, 1813-1979
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sledmere (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Sledmere, 1695-1892
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sledmere (Yorkshire)

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

England, Yorkshire, Sledmere – Nobility ( 1 )
Descent of lands on the Wolds : East Riding of Yorkshire

England, Yorkshire, Sledmere – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Churchwardens, and overseers accounts, 1797-1864
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sledmere (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Sledmere – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Sledmere and Croom, 1783-1832
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: Buckrose
  • Poor Law Union: Driffield
  • Hundred: Buckrose
  • Province: York