Hook is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1798 from a chapelry in Snaith Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Goole New Town and Port.
Alternative names: Hook with Goole New Town
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1678
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1720
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HOOK, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Snaith parish, W. R. Yorkshire.
The village stands on the river Ouse, 1½ mile NNE of Goole r. station; and has a post office under Howden.
The township extends to Goole, and comprises 1, 740 acres. Real property, £6, 075. Pop. in 1851, 2, 159; in 1861, 2, 958. Houses, 672.
The Goole workhouse is here; and, at the census of 1861, had 81 inmates. Hook moor is a meet for the Bramhammoor hunt.
The chapelry is comparatively small. Pop. in 1861, 415.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £130. Patron, the Right Hon. T. H. S. Estcourt. The church was restored in 1844.
There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £67.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Yorkshire, Hook – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions of churches and churchyards : Archdeaconry of Doncaster north east corner
Author: Doncaster & District Family History Society
St. Mary’s Church, Hook : monumental inscriptions
Author: Doncaster Society for Family History
England, Yorkshire, Hook – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Hook, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Yorkshire, Hook – Census – 1861 – Indexes ( 1 )
Index to 1861 census of Goole and Hook
Author: Boothferry Family and Local History Group
England, Yorkshire, Hook – Church records ( 8 )
Births and baptisms, 1849-1901
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Church (Hook, Yorkshire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Hook, 1720-1841
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Hook (Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Hook, parish registers, 1678-1939
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Hook (Yorkshire); Doncaster Council Archives (Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute
Goole St John baptisms 1848-1917, Hook St Mary baptisms 1688-1923 : also includes short histories, Kelly’s directory 1837, 1893 & 1927
Author: Doncaster & District Family History Society
Monumental inscriptions, baptism 1695-1812, marriages 1683-1785 (gap 1684-1694), burials 1678-1838 (gap 1686-1695)
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Hook (Yorkshire); Johnston, Nathaniel
Parish register transcripts, 1678-1838
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Hook (Yorkshire)
Parish register transcripts, 1678-1903
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Hook (Yorkshire)
Parish registers for Hook, 1678-1900
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Hook (Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Hook – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Hook, Yorks., Eng
Deanery of Snaith and Hatfield burial index
Author: Doncaster & District Family History Society
England, Yorkshire, Hook – Directories ( 1 )
Goole St John baptisms 1848-1917, Hook St Mary baptisms 1688-1923 : also includes short histories, Kelly’s directory 1837, 1893 & 1927
Author: Doncaster & District Family History Society
England, Yorkshire, Hook – History ( 1 )
Goole St John baptisms 1848-1917, Hook St Mary baptisms 1688-1923 : also includes short histories, Kelly’s directory 1837, 1893 & 1927
Author: Doncaster & District Family History Society
England, Yorkshire, Hook – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Hook township, 1781-1824
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Goole
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of Snaith
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: New Ainsty
- Poor Law Union: Goole
- Hundred: Osgoldcross
- Province: York