Dacre Yorkshire Family History Guide

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Dacre is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1839 from Ripon Ancient Parish. 

Alternative names: Ripon Holy Trinity, Dacre with Hayshaw and the Heights

Other places in the parish include: The Heights, Hayshaw, and Braithwaite.

Riding: West Riding

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1838
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1840

Nonconformists include: Society of Friends/Quaker and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DACRE, a township-chapelry and a sub-district, in Pateley-Bridge district, W. R. Yorkshire.

The chapelry is in Ripon parish; lies on the river Nidd and the Nidd Valley railway, 4 miles SE by S of Pateley-Bridge; has a station of the name of Dacre-Banks, on the railway; and contains the hamlets of Hayshaw and the Heights. Post town, Birstwith, under Ripley. Acres, 5,290. Real property, £4,026. Pop., 739. Houses, 138. Many of the inhabitants are employed in lead mines and in the linen manufacture.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £95. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. The church was built in 1837.

There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £12.

The sub-district bears the name of Dacre-Banks; and includes a township of Kirkby-Malzeard parish and an extra-parochial tract. Acres, 11,660. Pop., 3 071. Houses, 582.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Yorkshire, Dacre – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Dacre, 1851-1891
Author:    Great Britain. Census Office

England, Yorkshire, Dacre – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Dacre, 1840-1901
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Dacre (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Dacre, parish registers, 1837-1978
Author:    Church of England. Chapelry of Dacre (Yorkshire); North Yorkshire County Record Office (Northallerton, Yorkshire)

Minute books, 1715-1842
Author:    Society of Friends. Netherdale Preparative Meeting (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Dacre – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Poor law papers, 1793-1833
Author:    Dacre (Yorkshire)

Town books, 1804-1827
Author:    Dacre (Yorkshire)

England, Yorkshire, Dacre – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Dacre township, 1781-1832
Author:    Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)

Administration

  • County: Yorkshire
  • Civil Registration District: Pateley Bridge
  • Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
  • Diocese: Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
  • Rural Deanery: Ripon
  • Poor Law Union: Pateley Bridge
  • Hundred: Claro
  • Province: York