Forcett with Carkin Yorkshire Family History Guide
Forcett with Carkin is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1843 from Gilling (near Richmond) Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Ovington, Ovingham, Eppleby, Carkin, and Barforth.
Alternative names: Forcett
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1596
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1664
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist Association
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
FORCETT, a hamlet in Richmond district, and a parish partly also in Teesdale district, and all in N. R. Yorkshire. The hamlet lies on the N border of the county, 3½ miles S of Gainford r. station, and 7 N of Richmond. Acres, 1, 572. Real property, £2, 655. Pop., 167. Houses, 30.
The parish contains also the hamlet of Carkin, and the townships of Eppleby, Barforth, and Ovington; the last of which has a post office under Darlington. Acres, 5, 815. Real property, £8, 516. Pop., 777. Houses, 161. Forcett Hall is the seat of the Mitchells. A railway to Forcett, 8 miles long., from the Darlington and Barnard-Castle line, was authorised in 1865.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £139. Patron, the Vicar of Gilling. The church is ancient; and there is a Free Methodist chapel
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: Richmond (Yorkshire)
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Eastern Deaneries – Richmond
- Diocese: Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
- Rural Deanery: Richmond
- Poor Law Union: Richmond
- Hundred: West Gilling
- Province: York