GENUKI: Burneston

The Ancient Parish of BURNESTON

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"BURNESTON, a parish in the wapentake of Halikeld, and liberty of Richmondshire; 3½ miles SSE. of Bedale. The church is a large and ancient edifice (see Churches for photograph) dedicated to St Lambert, and the living is a vicarage, in the patronage of Gregory Elsley, Esq. incumbent the Rev. Henry Elsley. Here is a small Methodist chapel; also a Free Grammar school, founded by one of the ancestors of the present Lord Rokeby, in 1680, together with a hospital for five poor parishioners, aged sixty years before their admission; the endowment is upwards of sixty pounds per annum. Pop. 288."

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

Bromaking Grange
Carthorpe
Cowfold House
Exelby
Gatenby
Leeming
Leeming Bar
Londonderry

New Inn
Newton
Newton House
Oak Tree Inn
Smearholmes
Theakston
Theakstone Grange

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St Lambert's Church, Burneston (view 1). (With short history).
  - Internal view diagonally across the nave
  - The font
- St Lambert's Church, Burneston (view 2).
- St Lambert's Church, Burneston (view 3).
- The Methodist Church, Carthorpe. (With short history).
- St. John the Baptist's Church, Leeming. (With short history).
- The Methodist Church, Leeming. (With short history).
- St. Augustine's Church and Village Hall, Leeming Bar. (With short history).

Church History

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

Church Records

John Ellerton has transcribed the following extracts from the parish registers:
- Burials for some of the years between 1788 and 1806.
- Burials for some of the years between 1740 and 1782.
- Baptisms for some of the years between 1738 and 1805
- Burials 1828.
- Baptisms, 1784-5.
- 1738-9 Baptisms and marriages
- 1754-5 Baptisms and marriages
- 1741-3, 1751-3 Marriages
- 1780-1782 Marriages
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Burneston.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Leeming.

Directories

Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the North Riding.
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 1890. of the North 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 1890 History and Directory of the North 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 by the following Society:
- Cleveland FHS

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