Thornton le Street Yorkshire Family History Guide

Thornton le Street is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: North Kilvington.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1598
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1669

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

THORNTON-LE-STREET, a parish, with two townships, in Thirsk district, N. R. Yorkshire; 3 miles N by W of Thirsk r. station. Post town, Thirsk. Acres. 2,750. Real property, £3,125. Pop., 241. Houses, 44. The manor belongs to the Meynells. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, not reported. Patron, Christchurch, Oxford. Sir R. Lester, the physician, was a native.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Thornton-le-Street – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Leonard, Thornton Le Street, N. Yks., monumental inscriptions
Author:    McLee, Carol A.

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

England, Yorkshire, Thornton-le-Street – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Thornton-le-Street, 1813-1875
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Thornton-le-Street (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Thornton-le-Street, bishop’s transcripts, 1669-1812
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Thornton-le-Street (Yorkshire); Durham University Library

England, Yorkshire, Thornton-le-Street, parish registers, 1598-1995
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Thornton-le-Street (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Thornton-le-Street, 1598-1744
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Thornton-le-Street (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Thornton-le-Street – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Thornton-le-Street, Yorks., Eng

North Otterington & Thornton-le-Street, baptisms, marriages & burials, 1661-1812
Author:    Yellowley, Carol; Original Indexes; Church of England. Parish Church of North Otterington (Yorkshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Thornton-le-Street (Yorkshire)

Administration

  • County:    Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District:    Thirsk
  • Probate Court:    Pre-1836 – Court of the Peculiar of the Bishop of Durham and the Dean and Chapter of Allerton and Allertonshire, Post-1835 – Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese:    York
  • Rural Deanery:    Cleveland
  • Poor Law Union:    Thirsk
  • Hundred:    Allertonshire
  • Province:    York