Moor Monkton Yorkshire Family History Guide
Moor Monkton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Skip Bridge, Scagglethorpe, Hessay, and Cock Hill.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1697
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1628
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
- Newton upon Ouse North Riding
- Whixley
- Nun Monkton
- Nether Poppleton
- Kirk Hammerton
- Rufforth
- Long Marston
- Acomb
- Overton with Shipton North Riding
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MONKTON-MOOR, a village, a township, and a parish in Great Ouseburn district, W. R. Yorkshire.
The village stands on the river Nidd, near Marston-Moor, 1½ mile N by W of Marston r. station, and 6 N W by W of York.
The township comprises 3,110 acres. Real property, £4,412. Pop., 254. Houses, 51.
The parish contains also the township of Hessay; and its Post town is Marston, under York. Acres, 4,230. Real property, £6,038. Pop., 381. Houses, 79. The property is subdivided.
The manor, with Red House, belongs to Sir Charles Slingsby, Bart. Red House was built in the time of Charles I., by Sir Henry Slingsby; and commands an extensive view, including York city and minster.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £891. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is an ancient structure, with a brick tower; and was reported in 1859 as not good.
There are a Wesleyan chapel and a Church 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: York
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: City of York and Ainsty
- Poor Law Union: Great Ouseburn Gilbert Union
- Hundred: York (Ainsty)
- Province: York