Upper Helmsley Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Upper Helmsley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire. 

Alternative names: Over Helmsley, Upper Helmsley

Riding: North Riding

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1642
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1631

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HELMSLEY (Upper), a parish in the district of York and N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Derwent, 1½ mile NE of Helmsley-Gate r. station, and 7½ NE by E of York. Post town, Stamford-Bridge, under York. Acres, 850. Real property, £529. Pop., 78. Houses, 11. The manor, with Helmsley Lodge, belongs to J. Field, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £116. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is a brick edifice of 1795, with a tower.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Upper Helmsley – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions Gate Helmsley & Upper Helmsley
Author:    City of York & District Family History Society

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

England, Yorkshire, Upper Helmsley – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Upper Helmsley, 1631-1857
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Upper Helmsley (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Upper Helmsley, parish registers, 1813-1994
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Upper Helmsley (Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute

Parish register transcripts, 1642-1815
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Upper Helmsley (Yorkshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1754-1837
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Upper Helmsley (Yorkshire); Smith, Margaret E.

Parish registers for Upper Helmsley, 1642-1889
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Upper Helmsley (Yorkshire)

The parish registers of Gate Helmsley August 1689-1812, Holtby November 1679-December 1812, Over/Upper Helmsey November 1679-December 1812, Warthill Novermber 1679-December 1812 (all North Riding) County of York
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Helmsley-Gate (Yorkshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Upper Helmsley (Yorkshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Holtby (Yorkshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Warthill (Yorkshire); Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Parish Register Section

England, Yorkshire, Upper Helmsley – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Upper Helmsley, Yorkshire, England, 1642-1889

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: York
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of St Leonard’s Hospital, York
  • Diocese: York
  • Rural Deanery: Bulmer
  • Poor Law Union: York
  • Hundred: Bulmer
  • Province: York