Laithkirk Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Laithkirk is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1844 from Romaldkirk Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Laith, Laith Kirk

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1845
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1846

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LAITH-KIRK, a chapelry in Romald-Kirk parish, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Tees, at the boundary with Durham, 1 mile SE of Middleton-in-Teesdale, and 9 NW of Barnard-Castle r. station. It was constituted in 1844; and its post-town is Middleton-in-Teesdale, under Darlington. Pop., 1,330. Houses, 229. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £103. Patron, the Rector of Romald-Kirk.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Laith-Kirk – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Laithkirk, North Yks : monumental inscriptions
Author: McLee, Carol A.; Cleveland, North Yorkshire and South Durham Family History Society

England, Yorkshire, Laith-Kirk – Church records ( 1 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Laith-Kirk, 1846-1867
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Laith-Kirk (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Laith-Kirk – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Laithkirk baptisms, marriages & burials, 1845-1911
Author: Bell, George; Yellowley, Carol; Church of England. Chapelry of Laith-Kirk (Yorkshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Romaldkirk (Yorkshire)

Laithkirk, North Yks : monumental inscriptions
Author: McLee, Carol A.

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Teesdale
  • 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: Teesdale
  • Hundred: West Gilling
  • Province: York