Whitby Yorkshire Family History Guide
Whitby is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Whitby St Michael, Whitby St John the Evangelist, Stakesby, Sleights Moor, Ruswarp, Runswarp with Stakesby, Runswarp, Newholm with Dunsley, Newholm cum Dunsley, Hawsker with Stainsacre, Hawsker cum Stainsacre, Fylingdales Moor, and Baxtergate.
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Whitby
- Parish registers: 1608 (Register Transcripts 1600-1676 Free Online)
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1600
Whitby St John the Evangelist
- Parish registers: 1850
- Bishop’s Transcripts: None
Whitby St Michael
- Parish registers: 1849
- Bishop’s Transcripts: None
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent/Congregational, Presbyterian Unitarian, Primitive Methodist, Protestant Dissenters, Roman Catholic, Society of Friends/Quaker, Unitarian, United Presbyterian Church of Scotland, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Association.
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Adjacent Parishes
Whitby Parish Records
An index of parish records of people from Whitby. The index includes information from Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences 1689 to 1837
Marriage Licences and Allegations
The following have been extracted from Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences Granted by the Bishop of Winchester. 1689 to 1837 Published 1893 Editor: William John Charles Moens. Parishes without a named county are parishes within the county of Hampshire.
Atkinson, Richard, of Whitby, co. York, 21, b., & Mary Wilson, of Portsea, 21, sp., at P., 28 Aug., 1801.
Atley, John, of Whitby, co. York, shipwright, 21, b., & Ann Wise, of Portsea, 21, sp., at P., 28 Nov., 1814
Bird, Oliver, of Whitby, co. York, 24, b., & Elizabeth Harrison, of the s., 23, sp., at Portsmouth, 5 July, 1782. John Harrison, of the s., bondsman.
Chapman, John, of Whitby, co. York, mariner, 21, & Elizabeth Wassel, of St. Mary’s, Southampton, 22, 30 Aug., 1765.
Fletcher, Lumley, of Whitby, co. York, mariner, 21, b., & Frances Chapple, of Portsmouth, 21, sp., at P., 25 Feb., 1809.
Goodlad, Robert, of Whitby, co. York, master mariner, 21, b., & Eleanor Rooke, of Portsea, 21, sp., at P., 23 March, 1810.
Lee, John, of Whitby, co. York, 21, b., & Margaret Grey, of Alverstoke, 21, sp., at A., 28 Oct., 1779.
Parish Registers
Whitby Parish Register Transcripts 1600-1676 by mfwuk. Transcripts of surviving parish registers of Whitby Parish, North Yorkshire. 1600-1676. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse