Markington Yorkshire Family History Guide

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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.

Adjacent Parishes

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

FamilySearch

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

England, Yorkshire, Markington – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Markington, 1865-1890
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Markington (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Markington, parish registers, 1844-1979
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Markington (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Ripon parish chapels and new churches : [transcription]
Author:    Ripon, Harrogate & District Family History Group

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