Farnham Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Farnham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire. 

Other places in the parish include: Scotton near Knaresborough, Ferrinsby, Firnsby, Fernsby, Ferensby, Scotton, and Ferrensby. 

Alternative names: 

Riding: West Riding

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1570
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1665

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FARNHAM, a township and a parish in Knaresborough district, W. R. Yorkshire.

The township lies on an affluent of the river Ure, near the Boroughbridge railway, 2 miles N of Knaresborough. Acres, 1,350. Real property, £1,899; of which £50 are in quarries. Pop., 165. Houses, 34.

The parish includes also the townships of Scotton and Ferensby, and part of Arkendale. Post town, Knaresborough. Real property, with the rest of Arkendale, £8,205. Pop., 609. Houses, 148. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the Maudes. Copper ore occurs.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £130. Patrons, the Rev. T. Collins and Mr. Shann. The church belonged to the priory of Bello Valle; is partly Norman; and was recently restored.

There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Farnham – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Farnham, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

Census returns for Ferensby, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Farnham – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Arkendale, 1813-1848
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Arkendale (Yorkshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Farnham, 1665-1907
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Farnham (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Farnham, parish registers, 1570-2006
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Farnham (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Scotton, parish registers, 1889-2000
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Scotton (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

The registers of Farnham, Yorkshire, 1569-1812
Author:    Collins, Francis

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

Computer printout of Farnham, Yorks., Eng

England, Yorkshire, Farnham – Taxation ( 3 )
Land tax assessments for Arkendale township, 1781-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Farnham township, 1781-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Scotton township, 1781-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Knaresborough
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Honour of Knaresborough
  • Diocese: Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
  • Rural Deanery: Boroughbridge
  • Poor Law Union: Great Ouseburn Gilbert Union
  • Hundred: Claro
  • Province: York