Wycliffe Yorkshire Family History Guide

Wycliffe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Thorpe near Barnard Castle, Thorpe, and Greta Bridge.

Alternative names: Wycliffe with Thorpe

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1681
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1692

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WYCLIFFE, a parish in the district of Teesdale and N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Tees, 3½ miles SSW of Winston r. station, and 5¼ E by S of Barnard-Castle. Post town, Darlington. Acres, 2,162. Rated property, £2,137. Pop., 162. Houses, 28.

The manor, with W. Hall, belongs to Sir T. A. Constable, Bart. Wycliffe, or John de Wycliffe, the “Morning Star of the Reformation,” was a native; and his family were settled here from the Norman conquest till 1606.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £46. Patron, Sir T. A.Constable, Bart. The church was restored in 1850. The rectory house contains an original portrait of Wycliffe by Sir Antonio More, given by Dr. Zouch, and handed down as an heirloom from each rector to his successor. There is a Roman Catholic chapel.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Wycliffe – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Mary, Wycliffe, Co. Durham (formerly N. Yks.), monumental inscriptions
Author:    McLee, Carol A.; Cleveland Family History Society

England, Yorkshire, Wycliffe – Cemeteries – Indexes ( 1 )
Richmond Deanery (part) burials, 1798-1812
Author:    Yellowley, Carol; Bell, George

England, Yorkshire, Wycliffe – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Wycliffe-with-Thorpe, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Wycliffe – Census – Indexes ( 1 )
Census index for Ovington and Wycliffe, 1851-1881

England, Yorkshire, Wycliffe – Church history ( 1 )
Wasteland witness : Wycliffe Baptist Church, a hundred years of growth, 1881-1981
Author:    Willis, Ruth

England, Yorkshire, Wycliffe – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Wycliffe, 1692-1893
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wycliffe (Yorkshire)

Church records for Wycliffe Catholic Church, 1743-1827
Author:    Catholic Church (Wycliffe, Yorkshire)

Parish chest records, 1685-1900
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Barningham (Yorkshire)

Parish registers of Wycliffe, 1681-1989
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wycliffe (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Wycliffe – Church records – Indexes ( 7 )
Computer printout of Wycliff, Yorks., Eng

Computer printout of Wycliffe, Catholic, Yorks., Eng

Parish register printouts of Wycliffe, Yorkshire, England ; christenings, 1692-1776
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Wycliffe, Yorkshire, England ; marriages, 1696-1776
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Wycliffe, Yorkshire, England christenings, 1777-1847
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Wycliffe marriages, 1754-1812, banns, 1754-1897
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wycliffe (Yorkshire)

Wycliffe, St. Mary baptism index, 1813-1997, marriage index, 1813-1989, burial index, 1813-1989 : (register indexed: EP/Wy 1/4-7)
Author:    Yellowley, Carol; Bell, George

England, Yorkshire, Wycliffe – Land and property ( 1 )
Tithe apportionment for Wycliffe, Yorkshire, 1840
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wycliffe (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Wycliffe – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Vestry minutes, 1844-1890
Author:    Wycliffe (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Wycliffe – Taxation ( 1 )
Tithe apportionment for Wycliffe, Yorkshire, 1840
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wycliffe (Yorkshire)

Administration

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