Sproatley Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Sproatley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1657
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SPROATLEY, a parish, with a village, in Skirlaugh district, E. R. Yorkshire; 4 miles N of Hedon r. station. It has a post-office under Hull, and a police station.

Acres, 1,380. Real property, £2,390. Pop., 455. Houses, 92. The manor belongs to Sir T. A. Constable, Bart.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £253. Patron, Sir T. A.Constable. The church was rebuilt in 1820.

There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school, and some charities.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

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

England, Yorkshire, Sproatley – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Sproatley, 1600-1842
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Sproatley (Yorkshire)

Churchwardens accounts and vestry minutes, 1801-1870
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Sproatley (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Sproatley, parish registers, 1813-1901
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Sproatley (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Sproatley, 1657-1893
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Sproatley (Yorkshire)

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

England, Yorkshire, Sproatley – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Churchwardens accounts and vestry minutes, 1801-1870
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Sproatley (Yorkshire)

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

Administration

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