GENUKI: Market Weighton

The Ancient Parish of MARKET WEIGHTON

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"MARKET WEIGHTON, a parish in the wapentake of Harthill, and liberty of St. Peter's; 7 miles from Pocklington, 8 from South Cave, 10 from Beverley, 12 from Howden, 21 from Selby, 19 from York, and from London 188. Pop. 1724." (There is further information for Market Weighton).

"ARRAS, in the parish of Market Weighton, and wapentake of Harthill; 3 miles E. of Market Weighton. Population included with Market Weighton."

"SHIPTONTHORPE, in the parish of Market Weighton, wapentake of Harthill, & liberty of St. Peter's; 1¾ miles WNW. of Market Weighton, 2 miles NW. of Market Weighton. There is a charity school here for the education of ten poor boys. The present trustees are Mr John Smith and the Rev. R. C. Winpenny. Pop. 369. Here is a Chapel of ease to Market-Weighton."

Cemeteries

Photographs of the over 200 gravestones and plaques at Market Weighton Church and Churchyard with linked surname index.
Photographs of the over 1090 gravestones and plaques at Market Weighton Cemetery with linked surname index.
Photographs of the over 170 gravestones and plaques at Shiptonthorpe Graveyard with linked surname index.
Photographs of the over 95 gravestones and plaques at Shiptonthorpe Cemetery with linked surname index.

Charities

The List of Charities in All Saints Church, Market Weighton.

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- All Saints' Church, Market Weighton. (The Church's website is here.)
  - Internal view looking down the aisle
  - The East Window
  - The Saxon Wall
  - The font
- St. John's Methodist Church, Market Weighton. (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Market Weighton.
- All Saint's Church, Shiptonthorpe, view 1. The only website I can find for this church is on Facebook. I do not link to Facebook because it is a commercial site and requires you to have an account to access it.
- All Saint's Church, Shiptonthorpe, view 2.
- The Methodist Church, Shiptonthorpe.

Church History

Transcript of the entry for Market Weighton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Shipton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
A transcript of Market Weighton Congregational Church History

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Market Weighton.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Shipton.
The List of Vicars in All Saints Church, Market Weighton.

Community Websites

The Market Weighton Town Council web-site.

Description and Travel

The Market Weighton Town Council web-site.

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 Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the White's Directory of 1840, Yorkshire section.
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 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
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 Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1892 History and Directory of the East Riding.

History

In 1876 the chapelry of Shipton (in this parish) and the township of Thorpe-le-Street in the parish of Nunburnholme were combined to form Shipton-Thorpe Parish.

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.

Memorial Inscriptions

The World War I and II Memorial Plaque in All Saints Church, Market Weighton.

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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