Bishop Thornton, Yorkshire Family History Guide
Bishop Thornton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1748 from chapelry in Ripon Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Raventofts, Dole Bank, Dolebank, Gillmoor, Hardgate, and Shaw Mill.
Alternative names: Ripon St John the Baptist
Parish church: St. John
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1816
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1816
Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Bishop Thornton Parish Records
School Records
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BISHOP-THORNTON, a township-chapelry in Ripon parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 3½ miles NW of Ripley r. station, and 5½ SW by S of Ripon. Post Town, Ripley, Yorkshire. Acres, 3,027. Real property, £4,211. Pop., 541. Houses, 106. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £85. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter. Here are Wesleyan and R. Catholic chapels.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
THORNTON, BISHOP, a chapelry, in the parish and liberty of Ripon, W. riding of York, 6 miles (S. W.) from Ripon; containing 610 inhabitants. It comprises about 3200 acres; the soil is generally fertile, the larger part of the land in good cultivation, and the scenery pleasingly diversified.
The chapel, dedicated to St. John, was rebuilt in 1825, at a cost of £1000, raised by subscription, and a grant from the Parliamentary Commissioners. It is a neat structure, with a handsome east window presented by the late Mrs. Lawrence, embellished with emblematical devices and armorial bearings in stained glass.
The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £85; patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of Ripon: the appropriate tithes have been commuted for £57. 10., and the impropriate for £263. 18. 9. There is a Roman Catholic chapel.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Ripon
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
- Diocese: Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
- Rural Deanery: Ripon
- Poor Law Union: Ripon
- Hundred: Ripon Liberty
- Province: York