GENUKI: Great Givendale

The Ancient Parish of GREAT GIVENDALE

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"GREAT GIVENDALE, a parish in the wapentake of Harthill, and liberty of St. Peter's; 4 miles N. of Pocklington. The church is a small ancient structure (see Churches for photograph), of which the Dean of York is the patron, and the Rev. Edmund Holmes the vicar. Pop. 60."

"GRIMTHORPE, in the parish of Great Givendale, wapentake of Harthill, and liberty of St. Peter's; ½ mile SSE. of Great Givendale, 4 miles N. of Pocklington. Pop. 29."

"LITTLE GIVENDALE, 2 farm houses in the parish of Great Givendale, wapentake of Harthill, and liberty of St. Peter's; 1 mile ESE. of Great Givendale, 2½ miles NNE. of Pocklington"

Cemeteries

Photographs of the over 35 gravestones in Great Givendale Churchyard with a surname index.

Churches

Here are photographs of St. Ethelburga's Church, Great Givendale.
- View 1. (The Church's website is here.)
  - Internal view looking down the aisle
  - The font and font cover
- View 2.

Church History

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

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Great Givendale.
The List of Incumbents in Great Givendale church.

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 The Post Office Directory of the, East and North Ridings, 1857
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 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.

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.

Societies

This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies:
- East Yorkshire FHS
- The City of York and District FHS

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