Tickhill Yorkshire Family History Guide
Tickhill is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Stancill with Wellingley Wilsic, Stancill with Wellingley and Wilseck, Stancil with Wellingley, Wilsick, Wilsic, Wilseck, and Tickhill with Lindrick.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1537
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Roman Catholic, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Stainton
- Harworth, Nottinghamshire
- Blyth, Nottinghamshire
- Laughton en le Morthen
- Braithwell with Bramley
- Rossington
- Maltby
- Wadworth
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
TICKHILL, a small town, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Doncaster district, W. R. Yorkshire.
The town stands in a valley, 4¼ miles W of Bawtry r. station; was anciently called Dadesley; took its present name from a castle founded by Roger de Busli, and called Th’wick hill, signifying “the fortified hill.”
It consists of three streets in nearly cruciform alignment; and has a post-office under Rotherham, a market-cross of 1776, a fine church of the time of Richard II., Independent and Wesleyan chapels, remains of an Augustinian priory and of an ancient hospital, a national school, alms houses with £48 a year, other charities £28, and a fair on the second Friday of Oct.
The castle was the seat of an extensive baronial liberty; passed to John of Gaunt; was garrisoned for Charles I.; suffered partial demolition by the parliamentarians; and is now represented by considerable remains, adjoined to a picturesque modern mansion.
The township extends into the country; and contains an ancient Tudor house, called The Friars. Real property, £11,392. Pop., 1,915. Houses, 468.
The parish includes also Stancill township, and comprises 6,514 acres. Pop., 1,980. Houses, 477. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £281. Patron, G. S. Foljambe, Esq.
The sub-district contains 7 parishes, 3 parts, and an extra-parochial tract. Acres, 25,763. Pop., 6,950. Houses, 1,566.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences 1689 to 1837
The following have been extracted from Allegations for Marriage Licences in the county of Hampshire. Parishes without a named county are parishes within the county of Hampshire.
LUMLEY, Frederick, of Tickhill, co. York, 30, w., & Jane Bradley, of Hamble, 30, sp., at H., 17 March, 1819. Matthew Bradley, Esq., capt., R. N., bondsman.
Source: Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester. 1689 to 1837 Published 1893 Editor: William John Charles Moens
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Doncaster
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: Doncaster
- Poor Law Union: Doncaster
- Hundred: Strafforth and Tickhill
- Province: York