Horton in Ribblesdale Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Horton in Ribblesdale is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Thornes, Studfield, Hudfield, Horton in Ribblesdale Lower Division, and Birkwith.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1556
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1601

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE, a village and a parish in Settle district, W. R. Yorkshire.

The village stands on the river Ribble, under Penygant mountain, 6 miles N by W of Settle r. station; and has a post office, of the name of Horton, under Settle.

The parish contains also the hamlets of Birkwith, Studfield, and Thornes. Acres, 18, 970. Real property, £6, 454. Pop., 417. Houses, 84. The property is divided among a few.

The surface is, to a large extent, moor and mountain; includes parts of the magnificent heights of Penygant, Ingleborough, and Whernside; abounds in picturesque and romantic scenery; and contains many chasms, caves, and other striking natural features. The rocks are chiefly limestone; and a blue flag slate is quarried.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £127. Patron, the Bishop of Ripon. The church is Norman; is supposed to have been built in the time of Stephen; and consists of nave and transept, with porch and low tower.

A grammar school has £1 60 a year from endowment; and other charities have £60.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Horton-in-Ribblesdale – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Ribble churches, m.i. (i.e., monumental inscriptions), Lancashire
Author:    Farrow, Dorothy; Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society. Ribble Valley Branch; Church of England. Parish Church of Horton-in-Ribblesdale (Yorkshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Stainforth (near Giggleswick, Yorkshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Langcliffe (Yorkshire)

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

England, Yorkshire, Horton-in-Ribblesdale – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Horton-in-Ribblesdale, 1601-1899
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Horton-in-Ribblesdale (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, parish registers, 1556-1968
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Horton-in-Ribblesdale (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1556-1812
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Horton-in-Ribblesdale (Yorkshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1602-1682
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Scarborough (Yorkshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Welbury (Yorkshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Horton-in-Ribblesdale (Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Horton-in-Ribblesdale, 1556-1812
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Horton-in-Ribblesdale (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Horton-in-Ribblesdale – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Horton in Ribblesdale, Yorkshire, England

England, Yorkshire, Horton-in-Ribblesdale – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Horton-in-Ribblesdale township, 1781-1831
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Administration

  • County:    Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District:    Settle
  • Probate Court:    Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese:    Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
  • Rural Deanery:    Craven
  • Poor Law Union:    Settle
  • Hundred:    Staincliff and Ewcross
  • Province:    York