Marske Yorkshire Family History Guide
Marske is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Skelton and Feldon.
Alternative names: Marske near Richmond
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1594
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1678
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist, Roman Catholic, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MARSKE, a village and a parish in Richmond district, N. R. Yorkshire.
The village stands on the rivulet Marske, a little above its inflnx to the Swale, 5½ miles W of Richmond r. station; and has a post office under Richmond, Yorkshire.
The parish contains also the hamlets of Feldon and Skelton, and comprises 6,557 acres. Real property, £3,217. Pop., 263. Houses, 52. The property belongs to J. T. D. Hutton, Esq. Marske Hall is Mr. H.’s seat; and the grounds contain an obelisk 60 feet high, to the memory of Capt. M. Hutton.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £376. Patron, J. T. D. Hutton, Esq. The church is ancient and good, has a Norman doorway, and contains an old font.
The charities inclnde an endowed school, and amount to £76 a year. Dr. M. Hutton. Archbishop of Canterbury, was a native.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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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