Kirkby Ravensworth, Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Kirkby Ravensworth is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Ravensworth, Newsham, New Forest, Kirby Hill, Hellwith, Hallgate, Gayles, Casey Green, Whashton, and Washton.

Alternative names: Kirby Ravensworth, Kirkby on the Hill

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1599
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1663

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KIRKBY-RAVENSWORTH, a parish in Richmond district, N. R. Yorkshire; on Gilling beck, 5 miles NW by N of Richmond.

It contains Ravensworth township, which has a post office under Richmond, Yorkshire; contains also the townships of Kirkby-on-the-Hill, Washton, New Forest, Gayles, Dalton, and part of Newsham. Acres, with the rest of Newsham, 15, 911. Real property, with the rest of N., £15, 085. Pop., with only the part of N., in 1851, 1, 406; in 1861, 1, 248. Houses, 275. The property is much subdivided.

The manor belongs to Cradock, Esq. Ruins of an ancient castle, once the seat of the Fitz-Hughs, are in Ravensworth.

The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £160. Patron, the Bishop of Ripon. The church is of the close of the 14th century; superseded a previous church of Saxon date; has lost one of its aisles; and contains an ancient font, and monuments to Gerardns de Hornby and Dr. Dakyn.

An hospital for 24 aged persons, and a grammar school for K. R. and neighbouring places, were founded by Dr. Dakyn in 1556, and have an endowed income of £1, 234.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Kirkby-Ravensworth – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Peter & St. Felix, Kirby Hill (Kirby Ravensworth), N. Yks. monumental inscriptions
Author: McLee, Carol A.; Cleveland Family History Society

England, Yorkshire, Kirkby-Ravensworth – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Kirkby-Ravensworth, 1663-1869
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kirkby-Ravensworth (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Kirby-Ravensworth, parish registers, 1755-1984
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kirkby-Ravensworth (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Kirkby-Ravensworth, 1599-1890
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kirkby-Ravensworth (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Kirkby-Ravensworth – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Computer printout of Kirkby Ravensworth, Yorks., Eng

Parish register printouts of Kirkby Ravensworth, York, England ; marriages, 1737-1884
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Kirkby Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England ; christenings, 1662, 1663, 1674-1736
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Kirkby Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England ; christenings, 1737-1834
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

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