Ryther, Yorkshire Family History Guide
Ryther is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Ryther cum Ossendyke, Ryther and Oxendike, Ryther and Ossendike, Ozendyke, Ozendike, Ossendike, Leadhall, Lead Hall, and Lead.
Alternative names:
Parish church: All Saints
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
RYTHER, a hamlet and a township in Selby district, and a parish partly also in Tadcaster district, W. R. Yorkshire.
The hamlet lies on the river Wharfe, 2¾ miles E by S of Ulleskelf r. station, and 6½ N W of Selby; and has a post-office under Tadcaster.
The township bears the name of Ryther and Ossendike, and comprises 2, 654 acres. Real property, £4, 472. Pop., 326. Houses, 66.
The parish contains also the township of Leadhall, and comprises 3, 554 acres. Pop., 372. Houses, 74. The property is subdivided.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £619. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. A chapel of ease is in Leadhall; and a Wesleyan chapel and a national school are in Ryther.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
RYTHER (All Saints), a parish, partly in the Upper, but chiefly in the Lower, division of the wapentake of Barkstone-Ash, W. riding of York, 6½ miles (N. W. by N.) from Selby; containing, with the township of Lead-Hall, 354 inhabitants, of whom 300 are in the township of Ryther.
The parish is bounded on the north by the river Wharfe, and comprises by measurement 2654 acres, of which 2082 are arable, 420 pasture, and 152 woodland.
The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £6. 11. 10½., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for £613. 14., and the glebe comprises 12 acres. The church is a neat structure, and contains several ancient monuments.
There is a chapel of ease at Lead-Hall, about six miles distant; and in the village of Ryther is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Selby
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: City of York and Ainsty
- Poor Law Union: Barwick Gilbert Union
- Hundred: Barkstone Ash
- Province: York