GENUKI: Eastrington

The Ancient Parish of EASTRINGTON

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"EASTRINGTON, a parish in the wapentake and liberty of Howdenshire; 4 miles ENE. of Howden. Here is an ancient church, dedicated to St. Michael (see Churches for photograph), of which the king is the patron; likewise a Methodist chapel, and a free school, endowed with £30. per annum. Population, 375.

In 1727, Mr. Joseph Hewsley of this place, endowed a Free School here, with land, for teaching the poor children of the parish to read and write: annual value in 1787, £20."

Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.

Bellasize
Bennetland
Burland
Caville
Cheapsides

Eight And Forty Houses
Gilberdyke
Green Oak
Hive
New Land
Newport

Newton
Owsthorpe
Portington
River Bridge
Sandholme

Cemeteries

Photographs of the over 80 gravestones in Eastrington Churchyard with a linked surname index.
Photographs of the over 440 gravestones in Eastrington Cemeteries with a linked surname index.
Photographs of the over 420 gravestones in Newport/Gilberdyke churchyard with a linked surname index.

Census

Susan Butler has some census transcriptions on her Eastrington web-site.

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- St Michael's Church, Eastrington.
- The Methodist Church, Eastrington.
- The Methodist Church, Newport.
- St. Stephen's Church, Newport.
- The Methodist Church, Gilberdyke.
Suan Butler has a web-page dealing with the history etc. of St. Michael's church, Eastrington.

Church History

Transcript of the entry for Eastrington in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Eastrington.

Directories

Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the East Riding.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1892. of the East Riding.

Gazetteers

There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1892 History and Directory of the East Riding.

History

Susan Butler's Eastrington web-site has a brief history of Eastrington, along with histories of the school and the church etc.

Maps

For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.

Names, Geographical

The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
- (SE813280) Greenoak

Schools

A transcription of the School Timetables, around 1902-3 in Adobe pdf format.

Societies

This parish is covered by the following Society:
- East Yorkshire FHS

Taxation

A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.

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