Kirkby Wharfe, Yorkshire Family History Guide
Kirkby Wharfe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Wharf Kirkby with North Milford, Ulleskelf, North Milford, Kirkby Wharfe and North Milford, Kirkby Wharf with North Milford, Grimston near Tadcaster, and Grimston.
Alternative names: Wharf Kirkby, Kirkby Wharf
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1583
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
KIRKBY-WHARF, a township and a parish in Tadcaster district, W. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Wharfe, near Ulleskelf r. station, 2 miles SSE of Tadcaster; and bears the name of Kirkby-Wharf-with-North Milford. Acres, 1, 240. Real property, £2, 206. Pop., 100. Houses, 17.
The parish contains also the townships of Ulleskelf and Grimston; and its post town is Tadcaster. Acres, 3, 139. Real property, £6, 413. Pop., 739. Houses, 153. The property is divided among a few. Grimston Park is the seat of Lord Londesborough.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £345. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is early English, with a tower; was recently restored; and has a fine memorial window, and some fine old carved oak. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £10.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Tadcaster
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Wetwang
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: City of York and Ainsty
- Poor Law Union: Great Preston Gilbert Union
- Hundred: Barkstone Ash
- Province: York