Kirk Deighton Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Kirk Deighton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: North Deighton and Igmanthorpe.

Alternative names: Kirkdeighton

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1600
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1632

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DEIGHTON (Kirk), a township and a parish in Knaresborough district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies near the river Nidd and the Harrowgate railway, 1¾ mile N of Wetherby; and includes the hamlet of Igmanthorpe. Acres, 2, 204. Real property, £3, 202. Pop., 364. Houses, 77.

The parish contains also the township of North Deighton; and its post town is Wetherby, under Tadcaster. Acres, 3, 611. Real property, £5, 213. Pop., 485. Houses, 99. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £900. Patron, the Rev. J. W. Geldart. The church is very good. There is a Wesleyan chapel. A school has £30 from endowment; and other charities £25.

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

Parish Registers

Paver’s Marriage Licences

It would appear that a good many licences were never used. So genealogists should exercise a little care in their acceptance of the licenses.

1630 Thomas Wharton, Harwood, and Bridget Hebden, Kirkdeighton—either place.

1630 Peter Serjeantson, Kirkdeighton, and Grace Hebden, St. Denis—either place.

Source: The Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series Vol XL for the Year 1908; Edited by John WM. Clay, F.S.A., Vice-President of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society; Printed for the Society 1909.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Use for:
England, Yorkshire, Deighton (Kirk)

England, Yorkshire, Kirk-Deighton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions in the churchyard of Kirk Deighton
Author: Belt, A. (Ann)

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

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

England, Yorkshire, Kirk-Deighton – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Kirk-Deighton, 1632-1872
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kirk-Deighton (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Kirk-Deighton, parish registers, 1600-1942
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kirk-Deighton (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

The parish register of Kirk Deighton 1600-1837
Author: Garside, Tom; Preston, Cyril

Parish register transcripts, 1600-1786
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kirk-Deighton (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Kirk-Deighton – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Kirk-Deighton, Yorkshire, England

England, Yorkshire, Kirk-Deighton – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Kirk-Deighton township, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

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

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Knaresborough
  • Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese: Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
  • Rural Deanery: Pontefract
  • Poor Law Union: Barwick Gilbert Union
  • Hundred: Claro
  • Province: York