Birkin Yorkshire Family History Guide

Birkin is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: West Haddlesey, Temple Hurst, Temple Hirst, Hurst Courtney, Hirst Courtney, and Chapel Haddlesey.

Alternative names: 

Riding: West Riding

Parish church: 

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1649
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1631

Nonconformists include: 

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BIRKIN, a township in Pontefract district, and a parish in Pontefract and Selby districts, W. R. Yorkshire.

The township lies on the river Aire and on the Selby canal, 3¾ miles NE of Knottingley r. station, and 7½ SW of Selby. Acres, 2,064. Real property, £3,515. Pop., 168. Houses, 35.

The parish contains also the townships of Hurst-Courtney, Temple-Hurst, Chapel-Haddlesey, and West Haddlesey; the last of which has a post office under Selby. Acres, 5,509. Real property, £9,438. Pop., 821. Houses, 184.

The living is a rectory, with Chapel-Haddlesey chapelry, in the diocese of York. Value, £1,008. Patron, the Rev. T. Hill. The church is ancient.

There are three Wesleyan chapels.

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

Parish Registers

Paver’s Marriage Licences

It would appear that a good many licences were never used. So genealogists should exercise a little care in their acceptance of the licenses.

1630 Arthur Hill and Ann Bromley, Birkin—there. 

1630 Anthony Metcalfe, Birkin, and Judith Whitehouse, St. Sampson—there. 

Source: The Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series Vol XL for the Year 1908; Edited by John WM. Clay, F.S.A., Vice-President of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society; Printed for the Society 1909.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Birkin – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Birkin, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Census returns for Temple Hirst, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Birkin – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Birkin, 1631-1862
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Birkin (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Birkin, parish registers, 1837-2000
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Birkin (Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute

Parish register transcripts, 1631-1799
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Birkin (Yorkshire); Poskitt, Stephen

Parish registers for Birkin, 1649-1901
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Birkin (Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Chapel-Haddlesey, 1874-1886
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Chapel-Haddlesey (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Birkin – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Birkin, Yorks., Eng

England, Yorkshire, Birkin – Taxation ( 5 )
Land tax assessments for Birkin township, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Chapel-Haddlesey township, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Hurst Temple township, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for Hurst-Courtney township, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Land tax assessments for West Haddlesey township, 1782-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Pontefract
  • Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese: York
  • Rural Deanery: New Ainsty
  • Poor Law Union: Pontefract
  • Hundred: Barkstone Ash
  • Province: York