Upper Helmsley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Alternative names: Over Helmsley, Upper Helmsley
Riding: North Riding
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1642
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1631
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
- Warthill
- Bossall with Buttercrambe
- Gate Helmsley
Historical Descriptions
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HELMSLEY (Upper), a parish in the district of York and N. R. Yorkshire; on the river Derwent, 1½ mile NE of Helmsley-Gate r. station, and 7½ NE by E of York. Post town, Stamford-Bridge, under York. Acres, 850. Real property, £529. Pop., 78. Houses, 11. The manor, with Helmsley Lodge, belongs to J. Field, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £116. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is a brick edifice of 1795, with a tower.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Administration
County: Yorkshire
Civil Registration District: York
Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of St Leonard’s Hospital, York
Diocese: York
Rural Deanery: Bulmer
Poor Law Union: York
Hundred: Bulmer
Province: York