Goldsborough Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Goldsborough is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Flaxby and Coneythorpe.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1707
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1674

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

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

The township lies adjacent to the York and Harrogate railway, near the river Nidd, 2¾ miles E by S of Knaresborough; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Knaresborough. Acres, 1, 712. Pop., 260. Houses, 36.

The parish includes also the townships of Flaxby and Coney-thorpe. Acres, 3, 092. Real property, £1, 850. Pop., 451. Houses, 87. The property is divided among a few. Goldsborough Hall, an edifice of the time of James I., with spacious courtyard, is the seat of the Earl of Harewood.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £291. Patron, the Earl of Harewood. The church is ancient; has a square tower; shows some interesting architectural details; contains effigies of two Knights Templars; and was repaired in 1859. There are a national school, and charities £54.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Goldsborough (near Knaresborough) – Census ( 3 )
Census returns for Coneythorpe, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

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

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

England, Yorkshire, Goldsborough (near Knaresborough) – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Goldsborough, 1674-1891
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Goldsborough (near Knaresborough, Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Goldsborough (near Knaresborough), parish registers, 1707-1978
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Goldsborough (near Knaresborough, Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1707-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Goldsborough (near Knaresborough, Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Goldsborough (near Knaresborough) – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Goldsborough by Knaresborough, Yorks., Eng

England, Yorkshire, Goldsborough (near Knaresborough) – Genealogy ( 1 )
Pedigree of Goldesburgh of Goldesburgh, co. York
Author: Goldsbrough, Albert; Speight, Harry, 1855-1915

England, Yorkshire, Goldsborough (near Knaresborough) – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Allerton-Mauleverer and Flaxby townships, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Goldsborough 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 Bishop (Consistory) of the Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond Eastern Deaneries – Boroughbridge
  • Diocese: Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
  • Rural Deanery: Boroughbridge
  • Poor Law Union: Great Ouseburn Gilbert Union
  • Hundred: Claro
  • Province: York