Skipton on Swale Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Skipton on Swale is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1842 from Topcliffe with Dalton Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Skipton Bridge, Skipton upon Swale, Topcliffe St John the Divine

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1843
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1843

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Skipton on Swale Parish Records

An index of parish records of people from Skipton on Swale. The index includes information from Quarter Sessions Records Vol. IX Edited by the Rev. J. C. Atkinson, D.C.L. Published by The North Riding Record Society for the publication of original Documents relating to the North Riding of York. 1892.

Quarter Sessions Records

The records below have been extracted from the book Quarter Sessions Records Vol. IX Edited by the Rev. J. C. Atkinson, D.C.L. Published by The North Riding Record Society for the publication of original Documents relating to the North Riding of York. 1892.

Informations taken before John Hopton, Esq., September 23, 1691 : Against Will. Bulmer, late of Greenhills, in the parish of Ainderby Steeple, for killing ten pheasants with a handgun charged with powder and hail-shot; against David . . . ., late of Leeming, for killing ten ducks with a hand-gun &c. ; against John Tod, late of Fairholme, yeom., for the like ; against John Warde, late of Skipton-on-Swale, for snaring twenty partridges at Morton, not being qualified to keep nets.

Parish History

Skipton on Swale The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SKIPTON-BRIDGE, or Skipton-upon-Swale, a township and a chapelry in Topcliffe parish, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Swale, 1¼ mile W of Topcliffe r. station, and 4½ WSW of Thirsk; and has a post-office, of the name of S.-Bridge, under Thirsk. Acres, 827. Real property, £1,342. Pop., 143. Houses, 28. The chapelry was constituted in 1843. Rated property, £2,840. Pop., 247. Houses, 54. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £30. Patron, Miss Elsley. The church was built in 1842. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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

Skipton on Swale A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

SKIPTON, a township, in the parish of Topcliffe, union of Thirsk, wapentake of Birdforth, N. riding of York, 5 miles (S. W. by W.) from Thirsk; containing 128 inhabitants. It comprises about 820 acres of land, and is situated on the road between Thirsk and Ripon, which here crosses the Swale by a neat bridge of eight arches. A church was consecrated in Nov. 1842; the living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Misses Elsley, with a net income of £91. The vicarial tithes have been commuted for £27. 17. 6.; and the appropriate for £175, payable to the Dean and Chapter of York.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Historical Maps

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Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Thirsk
  • Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese: York
  • Rural Deanery: Bulmer
  • Poor Law Union: Thirsk
  • Hundred: Birdforth
  • Province: York