Wykeham Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Wykeham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Ruston and Longdale End.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1601

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WYKEHAM, a parish, with two hamlets, in Scarborough district, N. R. Yorkshire; 3¼ miles N by W of Ganton r. station, and 6¼ SW of Scarborough. It has a post-office under York.

Acres, 7,535. Real property, £4,360. Pop. in 1851, 643; in 1861, 521. Houses, 105. The manor belongs to Viscount Downe. A Cistertian nunnery was founded here, about 1153, by Pain Fitz-Osbert.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, not reported. Patron, Viscount Downe. The church is recent; and there are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Wykeham – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Wykeham monumental inscriptions
Author:    East Yorkshire Family History Society

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

England, Yorkshire, Wykeham – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Wykeham, 1601-1851
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wykeham (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Wykeham, parish registers, 1837-1985
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wykeham (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Wykeham, 1650-1812
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Wykeham (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Wykeham – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Wykeham, Yorks., Eng

Parish register printouts of Wykeham, Yorkshire, England ; christenings, 1744-1812
Author:    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County:    Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District:    Scarborough
  • Probate Court:    Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese:    York
  • Rural Deanery:    Riddal
  • Poor Law Union:    Scarborough
  • Hundred:    Pickering Lythe
  • Province:    York