Barnby upon Don, Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Barnby upon Don is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Alternative names: Barnby Dun, Barnby upon Donn, East Barnby

Other places in the parish include: Thorpe Marsh, Thorpe in Balne, Stainforth near Thorne, Stainforth, and Bramwith Sand.

Status: Ancient Parish

Riding: West Riding

Parish church: St. Peter

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1599
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BARNBY-UPON-DON, or Barnby-Dun, a township and a parish in Doncaster district, W. R. Yorkshire.

The township lies on the river Don, and on the Doncaster and Thorne railway, 5 miles NE by N of Doncaster; and it has a station, of the name of Barnby-Dun, on the railway. Acres, 2,230. Real property, £4,259. Pop., 537. Houses, 118.

The parish includes also the township of Thorpe-in-Balne; and its Post Town is Doncaster. Acres, 3,737. Real property, £5,698. Pop., 644. Houses, 141.

The living is a vicarage in the dio. of York. Value, £115. Patron, J. H. Newsome, Esq. The church was recently restored.

There are two Methodist chapels, an endowed school, and charities £59.

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

Barmby-upon-Dunn – Langdale A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire 1822

Barmby-upon-Dunn, a parish town in the upper division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 5½ miles from Doncaster and Thorne, 7¾ from Bawtry, 35 from York. – Pop. 495.

The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanery of Doncaster, value, p.r. £66. Patron, John Gresham, Esq. Bacon styles it a vicarage, value £9 12s. 6d.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire By Thomas Langdale. Second Edition. Printed and Sold by J. Langdale; and sold by T. Langdale, Ripon. 1822.

Parish Records

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England, Yorkshire, Barnby-upon-Don – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Peter’s & St. Paul’s Church, Barnby-Dun (Doncaster), monumental inscriptions
Author: Doncaster Society for Family History

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

England, Yorkshire, Barnby-upon-Don – Church records ( 4 )
Barnby Dun : baptisms 1599-1932 : also includes Dade registers, Kelly’s directory 1893, a potted history with illustrations
Author: Doncaster & District Family History Society

Bishop’s transcripts for Barnby-upon-Don, 1599-1854
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barnby-upon-Don (Yorkshire)

Marriage records, 1599-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barnby-upon-Don (Yorkshire)

Parish registers and other church records, 1599-1934
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barnby-upon-Don (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Barnby-upon-Don – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Barnby Dun, Yorks., Eng

England, Yorkshire, Barnby-upon-Don – Directories ( 1 )
Barnby Dun : baptisms 1599-1932 : also includes Dade registers, Kelly’s directory 1893, a potted history with illustrations
Author: Doncaster & District Family History Society

England, Yorkshire, Barnby-upon-Don – History ( 1 )
Barnby Dun : baptisms 1599-1932 : also includes Dade registers, Kelly’s directory 1893, a potted history with illustrations
Author: Doncaster & District Family History Society

England, Yorkshire, Barnby-upon-Don – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Overseers of the poor records, 1707-1912
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barnby-upon-Don (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Barnby-upon-Don – Taxation ( 3 )
Land tax assessments for Barnby-upon-Don township, 1784-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Thorpe-in-Balne township, 1785-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments, Barmby-Dunn, 1802-1900
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

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Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Doncaster
  • Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese: York
  • Rural Deanery: Doncaster
  • Poor Law Union: Doncaster
  • Hundred: Strafforth and Tickhill
  • Province: York