Sherburn Yorkshire Family History Guide

Sherburn is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.

Alternative names: Sherburn near Scarborough, Sherburn in Harfordlythe

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SHERBURN, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in the district of Scarborough and E. R. Yorkshire.

The village stands 1 mile S of the York and Scarborough railway, and 10 SW of Scarborough; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under York.

The parish comprises 4,630 acres. Real property, £4,735. Pop. in 1851, 656; in 1861, 744. Houses, 144. The manor belongs to Viscount Downe. S. Wold is a large tract to the S of the village. Malting and brewing are largely carried on.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £120. Patron, Sir G. Cholmley, Bart. The church is ancient.

There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school. The sub-district contains three parishes, and comprises 12,460 acres. Pop., 1,564. Houses, 288.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Sherburn (near Scarborough) – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Sherburn (in Harford Lythe) monumental inscriptions
Author: East Yorkshire Family History Society. Scarborough Branch; Church of England. Parish Church of Sherburn (near Scarborough, Yorkshire)

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

Sherburn pre-1900 parish and census records
Author: Collier, Anne

England, Yorkshire, Sherburn (near Scarborough) – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Sherburn, near Scarborough, 1604-1889
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sherburn (near Scarborough, Yorkshire)

Parish register transcripts, 1813-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sherburn (near Scarborough, Yorkshire)

Parish registers for Sherburn, near Scarborough, 1653-1901
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sherburn (near Scarborough, Yorkshire)

Sherburn pre-1900 parish and census records
Author: Collier, Anne

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

England, Yorkshire, Sherburn (near Scarborough) – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Sherburn, 1783-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Administration

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