Markington Yorkshire Family History Guide
Markington is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1844 from Ripon Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: Markington with Wallerthwaite, Ripon St Michael
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1844
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1865
Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
- South Stainley
- Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains
- Ripon
- Bishop Thornton
- Aldfield with Studley
- Markingfield Hall
- Sawley
- Bishop Monkton
- Ripley
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MARKINGTON, a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Ripon parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 1 mile W of Wormald-Green r. station, and 5 SSW of Ripon; and has a post office under Leeds. The township bears the name of Markington-with-Wallerthwaite, and comprises 3,056 acres. Real property, £4,607. Pop., 496. Houses, 110. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to W. Wilberforce, Esq. Agricultural implements are made, and lime is calcined.
The chapelry is more extensive than the township, and was constituted in 1 845. Pop., 535. Houses, 120. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £180.* Patron, the Bishop of Ripon. The church was built in 1844; is in the pointed style; consists of nave and chancel, with porch and belfry; and has three stained windows and sedilia. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and a slightly endowed Church of England school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Ripon
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
- Diocese: Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
- Rural Deanery: Ripon
- Poor Law Union: Ripon
- Hundred: Ripon Liberty
- Province: York