Middlesmoor Yorkshire Family History Guide
Middlesmoor is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1743 from Kirkby Malzeard Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Upper Stonebeck and Lofthouse.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1663
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1663
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MIDDLESMOOR, a village and a chapelry in Kirkby-Malzeard parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on a hill, near the river Nidd, 8¾ &hr, miles NW of Pateley-Bidger. station; is in the township of Upper Stonebeck; and has a post office under Leeds, and a lamb and cattle fair on 14 Sept.
The chapelry extends beyond the township. Rated property, £5,917. Pop., 666. The property is divided among a few. The manor of Upper Stonebeck belongs to J. Yorke, Esq. The land is partly hilly, and is used chiefly for grazing. There are lead mines, many subterranean passages, and some stalactitic caverns.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £137. Patron, the Vicar of Masham. The church is of the latter part of the 15th century, in good condition; consists of nave, N aisle, and chancel, with a tower; and was recently restored.
There are a Wesleyan chapel and a free school.
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: Pateley Bridge
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Masham
- Diocese: Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
- Rural Deanery: Ripon
- Poor Law Union: Ripon
- Hundred: Claro
- Province: York