Langcliffe Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Langcliffe is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1851 from Giggleswick Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Giggleswick St Alkelda, Langcliffe with Winskill

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: None (see Giggleswick)
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1867

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist 

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LANGCLIFFE, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Giggleswick parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands near the river Ribble, ¾ of a mile N of Settle, and 2 NNE of Settle r. station; and has a post-office under Settle.

The township contains also the hamlet of Winskill, and comprises 2,550 acres. Real property, £3,319. Pop. in 1851,601; in 1861,376. Houses, 78. The decrease of pop. was caused by the stoppage of cotton mills and the dispersion of the workers. The property is divided among a few.

Langcliffe Hall, the seat of Mrs. Perfect, is a fine edifice in the Tudor style. A waterfall, called Catterick-Foss, is in the township; and many fossils have been found.

The chapelry was constituted in 1852, and is larger than the township. Pop. in 1861, 413. Houses, 83. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £108. Patron, the Rev. G. B. Paley. The church is a modern structure, in the early English style; and comprises chancel, transept, and porch.

There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Yorkshire, Langcliffe – Church records ( 1 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Langcliffe, 1867-1878
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Langcliffe (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Langcliffe – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Langcliffe township, 1782-1830
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