Raskelfe, Yorkshire Family History Guide

Raskelfe is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1744 from a chapelry in Easingwold Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Raskelf

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1747
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

RASKELF, a village and a chapelry in Easingwold parish, N. R. Yorkshire. The village stands ½ a mile W of the North eastern railway, and 2¼ W N W of Easing-wold; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Easingwold.

The chapelry comprises 5,030 acres. Real property, £2, 947. Pop., 577. Houses, 93. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to W. F. Webb, Esq. Bricks and tiles are made. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of Chester. The church is transition Norman, with a curious wooden tower; and was recently in bad condition.

There are a Wesleyan chapel, a parochial school, and charities £22.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

RASKELF, a chapelry, in the parish and union of Easingwould, wapentake of Bulmer, N. riding of York, 2½ miles (W. N. W.) from Easingwould; containing 548 inhabitants.

The chapelry comprises 4157a. 22p., of which 3103 acres are arable, 999 pasture, and 55 woodland. Here is a station on the York and Newcastle railway. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £216; patron and appropriator, the Bishop of Chester.

The chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, is partly in the early and partly in the decorated English style, with a wooden tower; in the windows of the chancel and north aisle are the arms of Neville, Scrope, Dacre, and Percy, probably commemorating benefactors to the erection.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Raskelf – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions, Yorkshire, England : at Crayke (Craike), Raskelf, Easingwold, Husthwaite and Alne
Author:    Trow, L. B.

War memorial, St. Mary the Virgin, Raskelf, Yorkshire [cross in churchyard, visited 28 June 1998]

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

England, Yorkshire, Raskelf – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Easingwold, 1600-1872
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Easingwold (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Raskelf, 1600-1746
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Raskelf (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Raskelf, 1600-1883
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Raskelf (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Raskelf, parish registers, 1813-1909
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Raskelf (Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute

Parish registers for Raskelf, 1747-1901
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Raskelf (Yorkshire)

The parish registers of Easingwold, Rasklef, and Myton-uponSwale, 1813-1837 : with parish register transcripts for Raskelf, 1600-1746/7, and Myton-upon-Swale, 1598-1639/40
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Easingwold (Yorkshire); Gurney, Norah K. M.

The parish registers of Raskelf (in the parish of Easingwold), 1747-1812
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Raskelf (Yorkshire); Robinson, Hilary I.

England, Yorkshire, Raskelf – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Raskelf, Yorks., Eng

Administration

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