Sherburn in Elmet Yorkshire Family History Guide
Sherburn in Elmet is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: the townships of Barkston-Ash, Lotherton-cum-Aberford, Micklefield, Newthorpe, South Milford, and Huddleston and Lamby and the hamlet of Linnerton.
Alternative names: Sherburn, Sherburn near Leeds
Status: Ancient Parish
Riding: West Riding
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
Sherburn in Elmet:
- Parish registers: 1640
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603
South Milford:
- Parish registers: 1846
- Bishop’s Transcripts: None
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist, Roman Catholic, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Sherburn in Elmet
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SHERBURN, a small town and a township in Tadcaster district, and a parish partly also in Pontefract district, W. R. Yorkshire.
The town stands 1¼ mile N of the Leeds and Selby railway, 1¾ NW of Milford-Junction, and 12 E of Leeds; had an ancient palace of King Athelstan, and a residence of the Archbishops of York; is now a seat of petty sessions; and has a station on the railway, a post-office under South Milford, a Norman church with a tower, a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed grammar-school, with £195 a year, and with 4 scholarships at St. John’s college, Cambridge, another endowed school with £114 a year, some small charities, a weekly market on Friday, and a fair on 25 Sept.
The township contains also the hamlet of Linnerton, and comprises 3,500 acres. Real property, £7,104. Pop., 1,465. Houses, 311. The property is much subdivided.
The parish contains also the townships of Barkston-Ash, Lotherton-cum-Aberford, Micklefield, Newthorpe, South Milford, and Huddleston and Lamby. Acres, 11,896. Pop. in 1851, 3,754; in 1861, 3,944. Houses, 837. Several of the manors, with Lotherton Hall, belong to Lord Ashtown. Ashfield House, Mill House, Milford House, and Huddleston Hall are chief residences. Coal, limestone, and building-stone are worked.
The living is a vicarage with Micklefield chapelry, in the diocese of York.Value, £150. Patron, the Archbishop of York. The rectory of South Milford is a separate benefice.
Two churches, three Wesleyan chapels, a Primitive Methodist chapel, and two national schools are in the parts beyond S. township.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Barkston Ash
Barkston Langdale A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire 1822
Barkston, (which gives name to the wapentake) in the parishes of Sherburn and Saxton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; 4 miles from Abberford, 5 from Tadcaster, 11 from Pontefract. – Pop. 251.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire By Thomas Langdale. Second Edition. Printed and Sold by J. Langdale; and sold by T. Langdale, Ripon. 1822.
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Poll Books
Barkston Poll Book W.R. Yorkshire 1841
Poll Book of the West-Riding Election, July 1841 for Two Knights of the Shire for the West-Riding of Yorkshire.
Aberford Polling District
Barkston Township
N. В. The o after an Electors name, signifies that he is a yearly occupier at a rental of £50.
| Name of Electors | Residence |
|---|---|
| Ainsworth Joseph | Barkston |
| Bradley Thomas | Aberford |
| Clayford Jesse o | Bare arse [sic] |
| Dixon John | Selby |
| Handley John | Scarthingwell Lodge |
| Kent John | Barkston |
| Liddell Richard | Barkston |
| Lawn John o | Saxton |
| Lazenby Charles | Barkston |
| Nicholson S. Edward, | Barkston |
| Squire William | Barkston |
| Simpson Joseph | Barkston |
| Standidge William | Barkston |
| Sissons Robert | Sherburn |
| Sissons Joseph | Sherburn |
| Sissons John | Methley |
| Sissons William | Barkston |
| Thompson Joseph | Barkston |
| Thirkhill George | Barkston Inn |
| Wrightson Richard | Barkston |
| Yeadon Benjamin | Stream field |
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Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Tadcaster
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Fenton
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: New Ainsty
- Poor Law Union: Great Preston Gilbert Union
- Hundred: Barkstone Ash
- Province: York