Kirkby Wiske, Yorkshire Family History Guide
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.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Burneston
- Thirsk
- North Otterington with Thornton le Moor and Thornton le Beans
- Pickhill
- South Otterington
- Thornton le Street
- Sand Hutton
- Ainderby Steeple
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
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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