Old Byland Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Old Byland is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Alternative names:

Riding: North Riding

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1661

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BYLAND (Old), a parish in Helmsley district, N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Rye, 4½ miles NW of Helmsley, and 5½ NNE of Coxwold r. station. Post Town, Helmsley, under York. Acres, 2,733. Real property, £1,942. Pop., 157. Houses, 30. A Cistertian Abbey, an offshoot from Furness, was founded here, in 1143, by Roger de Mowbray; but was removed, four years afterwards, to Byland-Abbey. The living is a donative in the diocese of York. Value, £55. Patron, G. Wombwell, Esq. The church is old.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Old Byland – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions Hawnby & Kilburn area
Author:    Cleveland, North Yorkshire and South Durham Family History Society

Tombstone inscriptions, Old Byland, North Riding, Yorkshire, 1722-1900
Author:    Clapham, Christopher; Cleveland Family History Society

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

England, Yorkshire, Old Byland – Church history ( 1 )
Yorkshire Architectural Society : observations on the history and structure of the abbey of the Blessed Mary of Byland : a paper read on an excursion made there by the Yorkshire Architectural Society, June 22nd, 1864
Author:    Walbran, John Richard

England, Yorkshire, Old Byland – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Old Byland, 1661-1852
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Old Byland (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Old Byland, parish registers, 1654-1996
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Old Byland (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Old Byland, 1755-1912
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Old Byland (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Old Byland – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Old Byland, Yorks., Eng

Parish register printouts of Old Byland, York, England ; christenings, 1777-1875
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Helmsley
  • Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese: York
  • Rural Deanery: Riddal
  • Poor Law Union: Helmsley
  • Hundred: Birdforth
  • Province: York