Thornton Watlass Yorkshire Family History Guide

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

Other places in the parish include: Thirn, Rookwith, Clifton upon Yore, and Clifton upon Ure.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1574
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1637

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

THORNTON-WATLASS, a township in Bedale district, and a parish containing three other townships in Leyburn district, N. R. Yorkshire.

The township lies 3 miles SW of Bedale r. station, and has a post-office under Bedale. Acres, 1,436. Real property, £2,374. Pop., 206. Houses, 38.

The parish comprises 3,783 acres. Pop., 440. Houses, 86. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £475. Patron, M. Milbank, Esq. The church is good: and there is a slightly 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-Watlass – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions Burneston & Well area
Author:    Cleveland, North Yorkshire and South Durham Family History Society

St. Mary, Thornton Watlass, & the Chapel at Snape, N. Yorkshire : monumental inscriptions
Author:    Cleveland, North Yorkshire and South Durham Family History Society

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

England, Yorkshire, Thornton-Watlass – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Thornton-Watlass, 1637-1864
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Thornton-Watlass (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Thornton Watlass, parish registers, 1574-1979
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Thornton-Watlass (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

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

Parish register printouts of Thornton-Watlass, Yorkshire, England ; christenings, 1746-1848
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Thornton-Watlass, Yorkshire, England, marriages, 1748-1837
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County:    Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District:    Bedale
  • 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:    Bedale
  • Hundred:    East Hang
  • Province:    York