Fishlake Yorkshire Family History Guide

Fishlake is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Fishlake with Fosterhouses and Hay Green.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1561
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include: Methodist New Connexion, Primitive Methodist, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

• Kirk Bramwith
• Eastoft Lincolnshire
• Campsall
• Sykehouse
• Hatfield
• Thorne

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FISHLAKE, a township and a parish in Thorne district, W. R. Yorkshire.

The township lies on the river Dearne, and on the Doncaster and Keadby railway, 1 mile ENE of Stainforth r. station, and 2 W by S of Thorne; and includes the villages of Fosterhouses and Hay-Green. Acres, 2, 950. Real property, £5, 689. Pop., 585. Houses, 144.

The parish contains also the chapelry of Sykehouse; and its post town is Stainforth, under Doncaster. Acres, 6, 170. Real property, £11, 424. Pop., 1, 208. Houses, 286. The property is much sub-divided.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £375. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. The church is old and interesting, with Norman porch and battlemented tower; but was recently in disrepair.

The vicarage of Sykehouse is a separate benefice.

There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. An endowed school has £103; and other charities £70.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Fishlake – Cemeteries ( 1 )
St. Cuthbert’s Church, Fishlake-Doncaster, monumental inscriptions
Author: Doncaster Society for Family History

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

England, Yorkshire, Fishlake – Church records ( 11 )
Births and burials, 1646-1807
Author: Society of Friends. Balby Monthly Meeting (Yorkshire)

Births, marriages and burials, 1646-1837
Author: Society of Friends. Monthly Meeting of York (England)

Bishop’s transcripts for Fishlake, 1600-1883
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fishlake (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Fishlake, parish registers, 1561-1992
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fishlake (Yorkshire); Doncaster Council Archives (Yorkshire)

Fishlake St. Cuthbert : baptisms, 1561-1921
Author: Doncaster & District Family History Society

Marriages, 1655-1768
Author: Society of Friends. Balby Monthly Meeting (Yorkshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1561-1904
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fishlake (Yorkshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1860-1900
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Sykehouse (Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Fishlake, 1561-1941
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fishlake (Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Sykehouse, 1860-1901
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Sykehouse (Yorkshire)

Terriers and townships
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fishlake (Yorkshire)

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

Deanery of Snaith and Hatfield burial index
Author: Doncaster & District Family History Society

England, Yorkshire, Fishlake – Land and property ( 1 )
Terriers and townships
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fishlake (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Fishlake – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor rate assessments, and other assesments and accounts, 1637-1909
Author: Fishlake (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Fishlake – Taxation ( 4 )
Land tax assessments for Fishlake township, 1784-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Sykehouse, 1784-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments, Fishlake, 1801-1900
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Poor rate assessments, and other assesments and accounts, 1637-1909
Author: Fishlake (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Fishlake – Voting registers ( 2 )
Register of electors, 1896-1899
Author: Fishlake (Yorkshire)

Register of persons entitled to vote … within the Thorne Polling district

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Administration

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