Grinton Yorkshire Family History Guide
Grinton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Low Row, Keld and Thornes, Ivelet and Calvert House, Harkerside Moor, Harkerside, Gunnerside with Lodge Green, Fremington, Feetham, East Stones Dale, Crackpot, Cogden, Birkdale, Angram, Winterings, Whiteaside, Whitaside, West Stones Dale, West Grinton, Thwaite, Summer Lodge, Satron, Reeth with Fremington and Henalaugh, Reeth High Moor, Reeth, and Oxnop.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1640
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1674
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Bolton
- Melbecks
- Marrick
- Wensley
- Downholme
- Aysgarth
- Askrigg
- Redmire
- Kirkby Stephen Westmorland
- Bowes
- Arkengarthdale
- Hardraw
- Muker
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
GRINTON, a township and a parish in Reeth district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Swale, at the influx of Arkle beck, 1 mile SE of Reeth, and 9 WSW of Richmond r. station; and has fairs on Good Friday and 21 Dec. Acres, 2, 934. Real property, £3, 256; of which £75 are in mines. Pop., 611. house, 110.
The parish includes also the chapelry of Muker, and the townships of Melbecks and Reeth, the last of which has a post office under Richmond, Yorkshire. Acres, 48, 961. Real property, £32, 558; of which £13, 101 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 4, 924; in 1861, 4, 537. house, 930. The decrease of pop. was mainly caused by the closing of lead mines. The property is much subdivided.
Much of the surface is moorland. Lead, copper, and iron ores have been extensively worked. A curious cavern, called Crackpot, is at the source of a brook which runs through the parish to the Swale. An ancient British camp and two barrows are near the river.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £250. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient but good; and has windows with interesting ancient stained glass. The p. curacies of Melbecks and Muker are separate benefices. There are a national school, several endowed schools, and some small charities.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Reeth
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Eastern Deaneries – Catterick
- Diocese: Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
- Rural Deanery: Catterick
- Poor Law Union: Reeth
- Hundred: West Gilling; West Hang
- Province: York