Thornton Steward Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Thornton Steward is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Danby.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1563
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1674

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

THORNTON-STEWARD, a parish in Leyburn district, N. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles S of Finghall-Lane r. station, and 6½ WSW of Bedale. It has a post-office under Bedale. Acres, 2,079. Real property, £3,577. Pop., 253. Houses, 47. The manor belongs to Lord Bolton. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £234. Patron, the Bishop of R. There are a Wesleyan chapel and an endowed school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Thornton-Steward – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions Patrick Brompton & Finghall area
Author:    Cleveland, North Yorkshire and South Durham Family History Society

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

England, Yorkshire, Thornton-Steward – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Thornton-Steward, 1674-1846
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Thornton-Steward (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Thornton-Steward, parish registers, 1813-1994
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Thornton-Steward (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Thornton-Steward, 1563-1823
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Thornton-Steward (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Thornton-Steward – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Thornton Steward, Yorks., Eng

Parish register printouts of Thornton Steward, York, England ; marriages, 1761-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Thornton-Steward, Yorkshire, England ; christenings, 1761-1841
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County:    Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District:    Leyburn
  • Probate Court:    Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Eastern Deaneries – Catterick
  • Diocese:    Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
  • Rural Deanery:    Catterick
  • Poor Law Union:    Leyburn
  • Hundred:    West Hang
  • Province:    York