Raskelfe, Yorkshire Family History Guide

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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

Raskelfe Parish Registers

Raskelf Parish Registers 1747-1812

Easingwold, Raskelf and Myton upon Swale Parish Registers 1813-1837 with Parish Register Transcripts of Raskelf 1600-1746/7 and Myton upon Swale 1598-1639/40

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 WNW of Easingwold; 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

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