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
