Bolton Percy Yorkshire Family History Guide
Bolton Percy is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Appleton Roebuck, Steeton with Streethouses, Hornington, Pallathorpe, and Colton.
In October 1875, the township of Appleton-Roebuck was detached from the parish of Bolton Percy and added to Acaster Selby.
Parish church: All Saints
Parish registers begin: 1571
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
- Ryther West Riding
- Askham Bryan
- Kirkby Wharfe West Riding
- Acaster Malbis
- Bilbrough
- Askham Richard
- Tadcaster
- Copmanthorpe West Riding
- Acaster Selby West Riding
Parish History
Bolton Percy
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BOLTON-PERCY, a township and a parish in Tadcaster district, W. R. Yorkshire.
The township lies on the river Wharfe, and on the York and North Midland railway, 3½ miles ESE of Tadcaster; and it has a station on the railway, and a post office under Tadcaster. Acres, 2,170. Real property, £5,546. Pop., 292. Houses, 51.
The parish contains also the townships of Appleton-Roebuck, Colton, and Steeton. Acres, 7,148. Real property, £13,492. Pop., 1,118. Houses, 237. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Percys of Topcliffe, and afterwards to the Beaumonts.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £1,540. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The church is perpendicular English; was erected in 1423; consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and north chapel, with a handsome tower; and contains three beautiful stalls, a well-preserved piscina, a monument to Lord Fairfax, the famous parliamentary general, and a memorial window of 1860 to Sir W. M. Milner, Bart.
There are a Wesleyan chapel, three public schools, and charities £34.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1831
BOLTON-PERCY, a parish in the ainsty of the city, and east riding of the county of YORK, comprising the townships of Appleton-Roebuck, Bolton-Percy, Colton, and Steeton, and containing 1054 inhabitants, of which number, 238 are in the township of Bolton Percy, 4 miles (E. by S.) from Tadcaster.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, rated in the king’s books at £39. 15. 2½., and in the patronage of the Archbishop of York. The church, dedicated to All Saints, was built in 1423, by Thomas Parker, the rector : it is a neat structure, decorated with a considerable quantity of stained glass, and containing several monuments belonging to the family of Fairfax.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1831
Appleton Roebuck
Leonard’S Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Appleton-Roebuck, 1½ mile N.E. Bolton-Percy. P. 564
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Parish Records
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Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Tadcaster
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: Bishopthorpe
- Poor Law Union: Tadcaster
- Hundred: York (Ainsty)
- Province: York