Sutton on the Forest Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Sutton on the Forest is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Thrush House Farm, Suet Carr, and Huby.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1557
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SUTTON-ON-THE-FOREST, a township and a parish in Easingwold district, N. R. Yorkshire.

The township lies 4½ miles E of Tollerton r. station, and 8 N by W of York; and has a post-office under York. Acres, 5,800. Real property, £5,596. Pop., 652. Houses, 132.

The parish contains also Huby township, and comprises 10,315 acres. Pop., 1,224. Houses, 244. The property is divided among a few. S. Hall is a chief residence.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £390. Patron, the Archbishop. The church was recently in disrepair. Charities, £26. Sterne was rector.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Sutton-on-the-Forest – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions at All Hallows Church and village cemetery, Sutton on the Forest, 1241-1999
Author:    City of York & District Family History Society; Church of England. Parish Church of Sutton-on-the-Forest (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Sutton-on-the-Forest – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Sutton on the Forest, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Sutton-on-the-Forest – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Sutton-on-the-Forest, 1603-1856
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Sutton-on-the-Forest (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Sutton-on-the-Forest, parish registers, 1557-1964
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Sutton-on-the-Forest (Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute

Parish register transcripts, 1665-1753
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Sutton-on-the-Forest (Yorkshire); Smith, Margaret E.

Parish registers of Sutton-on-the-Forest, 1773-1865
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Sutton-on-the-Forest (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Sutton-on-the-Forest – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Sutton on the Forest, 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