Thornton le Street Yorkshire Family History Guide

| |
Updated on
Links marked with a * mean that we may earn a small commission if you make a purchase, at no additional cost to you. It all helps to keep the site online and free for everyone.

Thornton le Street is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: North Kilvington.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1598
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1669

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Thornton le Street Parish Registers

Bishops Transcripts

Explore the Bishops’ Transcripts for the Diocese of Durham (1639–1919) – This collection offers parish register copies submitted annually to the Bishop, covering baptisms, marriages, and burials across Durham, Northumberland, and parts of Yorkshire and Cumberland. Ideal for tracing ancestors when original registers are missing or incomplete.

Thornton le Street Bishops Transcripts 1669-1812

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

THORNTON-LE-STREET, a parish, with two townships, in Thirsk district, N. R. Yorkshire; 3 miles N by W of Thirsk r. station. Post town, Thirsk. Acres. 2,750. Real property, £3,125. Pop., 241. Houses, 44. The manor belongs to the Meynells. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, not reported. Patron, Christchurch, Oxford. Sir R. Lester, the physician, was a native.

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

Maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Thirsk
  • Probate Court: Pre-1836 – Court of the Peculiar of the Bishop of Durham and the Dean and Chapter of Allerton and Allertonshire, Post-1835 – Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese: York
  • Rural Deanery: Cleveland
  • Poor Law Union: Thirsk
  • Hundred: Allertonshire
  • Province: York