Kirkby Wiske, Yorkshire Family History Guide

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

Other places in the parish include: Sowber Hill, Newsham with Breckenbrough, Newby Wiske, and Maunby.

Alternative names: Kirby Wiske, Kirkby Wiske with Maunby

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1616
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1637

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist Reform.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KIRBY-WISKE, a township and a parish in Thirsk district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Wiske, near its influx to the Swale, and near the Northeastern railway, 2 miles S of Otterington r. station, and 4½ NW of Thirsk; and has a post office under Thirsk. Acres, 1, 089. Real property, £1, 995. Pop., 209. Houses, 49.

The parish contains also the townships of Maunby, Newby-Wiske, and Newsham-withBreckenbrough. Acres, 5, 853. Real property, £9, 136. Pop. in 1851, 1, 079; in 1861, 866. Houses, 191. About half of the land is in pasture. Traces of a Roman camp are at K. W. township.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £643. Patron, the Duke of Northumberland. The church is ancient; and has a fine Norman door, and a tower. Charities, £36. Roger Ascham, Dr. George Hickes, and Archbishop Palliser were natives.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Kirby-Wiske – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. John the Baptist, Kirby Wiske, N. Yks., monumental inscriptions
Author: McLee, Carol A.; Cleveland Family History Society

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

England, Yorkshire, Kirby-Wiske – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Kirby-Wiske, 1637-1871
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kirby-Wiske (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Kirby-Wiske, parish registers, 1837-1941
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kirby-Wiske (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Kirby-Wiske, 1616-1885
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kirby-Wiske (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Kirby-Wiske – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Kirby Wiske, Yorks., Eng

Parish register printouts of Kirby Wiske, York, England ; marriages, 1747-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Kirby Wiske, Yorkshire, England ; christenings, 1747-1847
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Thirsk
  • 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: Thirsk
  • Hundred: Birdforth; East Gilling
  • Province: York