South Stainley Yorkshire Family History Guide

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South Stainley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Cayton near Ripley and Cayton.

Alternative names: South Stainley with Cayton

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1658
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1675

Nonconformists include: 

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STAINLEY (South), a parish in Ripon district, W. R. Yorkshire; 1 mile S by E of Wormald-Green r. station, and 5½ S of Ripon. It includes Cayton hamlet, and has a post-office under Leeds. Acres, 1,800. Real property, £3,054; of which £40 are in quarries. Pop., 259. Houses, 46. S. House and Hall are chief residences. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £119. Patron, Mrs. R. Reynard. The church is modern: and there is a Wesleyan chapel.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, South Stainley – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for South Stainley with Cayton, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, South Stainley – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for South Stainley, 1675-1900
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of South Stainley (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, South Stainley, parish registers, 1658-1998
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of South Stainley (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1658-1812
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Stainley

England, Yorkshire, South Stainley – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of South Stainley, Yorkshire, England

England, Yorkshire, South Stainley – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for South Stainley township and Cayton hamlet, 1781-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Administration

  • County:    Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District:    Ripon
  • Probate Court:    Court of the Peculiar of the Honour of Knaresborough
  • Diocese:    Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
  • Rural Deanery:    Boroughbridge
  • Poor Law Union:    Knaresborough
  • Hundred:    Claro
  • Province:    York