West Tanfield, Yorkshire Family History Guide

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West Tanfield is an Ancient Parish in the North Riding of the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Thornbrough, Thornborough, Nosterfield, and Binscoe.

Status: Ancient Parish

Parish church: St. Nicholas

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1637

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

West Tanfield

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

TANFIELD (West), a parish, with three villages, in the district of Ripon and N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Ure, 4½ miles WNW of Melmerby-Junction r. station, and 6 NW by N of Ripon. It has a post-office under Bedale. Acres, 3,139. Real property, £3,994. Pop., 623. Houses, 144. An old seat of the Marmious is here; and a handsome bridge spans the Ure. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £416. Patron, the Marquis of Ailesbury. The church was restored in 1860. There are an endowed school with £8 a year, and charities £25.

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

Binscoe

Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

Binscoe, a village in West Tanfield parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 3½ miles SE of Masham.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, West Tanfield – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for West Tanfield, 1637-1839
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Tanfield (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, West Tanfield, parish registers, 1653-1985
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of West Tanfield (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, West Tanfield – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of West Tanfield, Yorks., Eng

Parish register printouts of West Tandfield, York, England ; marriages, 1743-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of West Tanfield, Yorkshire, England ; christenings, 1743-1839
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

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Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Ripon
  • 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: Ripon
  • Hundred: Hallikeld
  • Province: York