Startforth Yorkshire Family History Guide

Startforth is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Egglestone Abbey and Boldron.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1668
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1656

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STARTFORTH, a township and a parish in the district of Teesdale and N. R. Yorkshire.

The township lies on the river Tees, 1 mile S of Barnard-Castle r. station. Acres, 938. Pop., 565. Houses, 103.

The parish includes two other townships,-Boldron and Egglestone Abbey, and comprises 3,060 acres. Post town, Barnard-Castle. Real property, £4,330. Pop., 802. Houses, 161. The property is much subdivided. S. Halland Lower S. Hall are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £150. Patron, the Earl of Lonsdale. A new church, in the early decorated style, was built in 1863.

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

England, Yorkshire, Startforth – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Holy Trinity, Startforth, North Yorkshire : monumental inscriptions
Author:    McLee, Carol A.; Cleveland, North Yorkshire and South Durham Family History Society

Holy Trinity, Startforth, North Yorkshire : monumental inscriptions
Author:    McLee, Carol A.; Cleveland, North Yorkshire and South Durham Family History Society

England, Yorkshire, Startforth – Cemeteries – Indexes ( 1 )
Richmond Deanery (part) burials, 1798-1812
Author:    Yellowley, Carol; Bell, George

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

England, Yorkshire, Startforth – Census – 1851 – Indexes ( 1 )
1851 census for Gilmonby, Whorlton, Westwick, Eggleston Abbey, Startforth
Author:    Cleveland Family History Society

England, Yorkshire, Startforth – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Startforth, 1656-1879
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Startforth (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Startforth, parish registers, 1668-1942
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Startforth (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

A marriage index for the parishes of Barningham, Egglescliffe, Romaldkirk, Startforth, 1754-1799
Author:    Joiner, Paul R.

The Northern genealogist
Author:    Gibbons, A.

Parish registers for Startforth, 1668-1882
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Startforth (Yorkshire)

Startforth parish register
Author:    Bullen, Mark W.

England, Yorkshire, Startforth – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Bowes & Startforth baptisms, marriages & burials, 1813-1839
Author:    Bell, George; Yellowley, Carol; Church of England. Parish Church of Bowes (Yorkshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Startforth (Yorkshire)

Computer printout of Startforth, Yorks., Eng

Administration

  • County:    Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District:    Teesdale
  • 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:    Teesdale
  • Hundred:    West Gilling
  • Province:    York