Langton upon Swale Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Langton upon Swale is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Little Langton.

Alternative names: Great Langton, Langton-on-Swale

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1695
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1663

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LANGTON (GREAT), a township and a parish in Northallerton district, N. R. Yorkshire.

The township lies on the river Swale, 4 miles NW of Ainderby r. station, and 5½ NW by W of Northallerton; and has a post-office under Northallerton. Acres, 856. Real property, £1,063. Pop., 137. Houses, 31.

The parish contains also the township of Little Langton, and comprises 1,840 acres. Real property, £2,276. Pop., 239. Houses, 47. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £310. Patron, the Hon. Capt. Duncombe. The church is a plain but good edifice, without a tower.

There is a national school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Use for:
England, Yorkshire, Langton-on-Swale

England, Yorkshire, Great Langton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, St. Wilfred, Great Langton, N. Yks.
Author:    McLee, Carol A.; Cleveland Family History Society

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

England, Yorkshire, Great Langton – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Great Langton, 1663-1858
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Great Langton (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Great Langton, parish registers, 1695-1952
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Great Langton (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Administration

  • County:    Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District:    Northallerton
  • 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:    Northallerton
  • Hundred:    East Gilling
  • Province:    York