Thornton in Craven Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Thornton in Craven is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Harden and Earby.

Alternative names: Thornton

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1566
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Particular Baptist, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Association.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

THORNTON-IN-CRAVEN, a parish, with a village and four townships, in Skipton district, W. R. Yorkshire; on the Skipton and Burnley railway, 6 miles SW of Skipton. It has a post-office under Skipton, and a r. station.

Acres, 6,710. Real property, £8,996; of which £200 are in quarries. Pop., 2,112. Houses, 422. The property is much subdivided.

The living is a rectory in The diocese of Ripon. Value, £250. Patron, the Rev. L. S. Morris. The church is old.

The p. curacy of Kelbrook is a separate benefice.

There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £20 a year, and alms houses with £60.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Thornton-in-Craven – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Thornton in Craven, 1841-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Thornton-in-Craven – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Thornton-in-Craven, 1600-1857
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Thornton-in-Craven (Yorkshire)

England, Lancashire, Kelbrook, St. Mary’s Church, 1841-1974
Author:    Church of England. St. Mary’s Church (Kelbrook, Lancashire); Lancashire Records Office (Preston, England)

England, Yorkshire, Thornton-in-Craven, parish registers, 1566-1923
Author:    Church of England. Parish Church of Thornton-in-Craven (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Thornton-in-Craven – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Thornton in Craven, Yorks., Eng

England, Yorkshire, Thornton-in-Craven – History ( 1 )
Granny’s village
Author:    Mason, Roger

England, Yorkshire, Thornton-in-Craven – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Thornton-in-Craven township, 1781-1831
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Administration

  • County:    Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District:    Skipton
  • Probate Court:    Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese:    Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
  • Rural Deanery:    Craven
  • Poor Law Union:    Skipton
  • Hundred:    Staincliff and Ewcross
  • Province:    York