Roecliffe, Yorkshire Family History Guide

Roecliffe is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1844 from Aldborough Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Aldborough St Mary, Rocliff, Rocliffe

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1844
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1846

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ROCLIFF, or Roecliff, a township-chapelry in Aldborough parish, W. R. Yorkshire; on the river Ure, 1½ mile WSW of Boroughbridge r. station. Post-town, Boroughbridge, under York. Acres, 1, 794. Real property, £2, 497. Pop., 231. Houses, 53. The manor belongs to A. S. Lawson, Esq. Bricks and tiles are made. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £101. Patron, A. S. Lawson, Esq. The church is in the Norman style. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel and a church school.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ROCLIFFE, a township, in the parish of Aldborough, Lower division of the wapentake of Claro, W. riding of York, 1¾ mile (W. S. W.) from Boroughbridge; containing 239 inhabitants. The township comprises by computation 1900 acres; clay of good quality for brick-making is found, and there are works for the manufacture of bricks and tiles. The village is on the south side of the river Ure. A church, dedicated to St. Mary, was erected in 1844, by Andrew Lawson, Esq., by whom it has been in great part endowed.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

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

England, Yorkshire, Rocliffe – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Rocliffe, 1846-1870
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Rocliffe (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Rocliffe, parish registers : Holy Trinity Church, 1844-1996
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Rocliffe (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Rocliffe – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Roecliffe township, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Knaresborough
  • Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese: Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
  • Rural Deanery: Boroughbridge
  • Poor Law Union: Great Ouseburn Gilbert Union
  • Hundred: Claro
  • Province: York