Kirby Misperton Yorkshire Family History Guide

Kirby Misperton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Other places in the parish include: Ryton, Little Habton, Little Barugh, Great Habton, Great Barugh, Great and Little Barugh, Barughs Ambo with Great and Little Barugh, Barughs Ambo, and Barugh Ambo.

Alternative names: Kirby over Carr, Kirkby Misperton

Parish church: St. Lawrence

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1788
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KIRKBY-MISPERTON, a township in Pickering district, and a parish partly also in Malton district, N. R. Yorkshire. The township lies 3¼ miles SSW of Pickering town and r. station. Acres, 1, 739. Real property, £3, 034. Pop., 215. Houses, 41.

The parish contains also the towns of Barughs-Ambo, Ryton, Little Habton, and Great Habton; the last of which has a post office under York. Acres, 7, 544. Real property, £9, 927. Pop., 1, 002. Houses, 191. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to R. Tindall, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £960. Patron, Lord Feversham. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower.

There are two chapels of ease, four Wesleyan chapels, a national school, and charities £25.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

KIRKBY-MISPERTON (St. Lawrence), a parish, partly in the union of Malton, and partly in that of Pickering, lythe of Pickering, N. riding of York; containing, with the townships of Barugh-Ambo, Great and Little Habton, and Ryton, 905 inhabitants, of whom 169 are in the township of Kirkby-Misperton, 8 miles (N.) from Malton.

The parish is bounded on the south by the river Rye; the soil is in general a strong clay, but sandy in the northern part, and the scenery in many situations is picturesque.

The village is on an eminence, and nearly at the junction of Ryedale with the vale of the Derwent.

The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £25. 1. 10½.; net income, £960; patron, Lord Feversham. The church is an ancient edifice, with a square tower.

There is a chapel of ease at Ryton, and at Great Habton and Barugh are places of worship for Wesleyans.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

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England, Yorkshire, Kirby-Misperton

England, Yorkshire, Kirkby-Misperton – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Kirby Misperton monumental inscriptions

England, Yorkshire, Kirkby-Misperton – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Barughs Ambo, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Census returns for Kirkby Misperton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Kirkby-Misperton – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Kirkby-Misperton, 1600-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kirkby-Misperton (Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Kirkby-Misperton, 1788-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Kirkby-Misperton (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Kirkby-Misperton – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Kirby Misperton, Yorks., Eng

Parish register printouts of Kirkby-Misperton, Yorkshire, England ; christenings, 1788-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

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