GENUKI: East Witton

The Ancient Parish of EAST WITTON

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"EAST WITTON, (Within & Without), a parish in the wapentake of Hang West, and liberty of Richmondshire; 2 miles SE. of Middleham. There is here a very good school chiefly supported by the Marquis of Ailesbury, who is lord of the manor, and who built a school room for its use in 1817, masters salary £60. per annum. This place is noted for its excellent quarry of free stone, in great repute for making grind-stones. The parish church, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist, (Yorks. Dict. says St. Ella -CH 1999) is a handsome Gothic structure, built in a commanding situation at the sole expense of the late Earl of Ailesbury. in commemoration of his Majesty George III. having lived to enter on the 50th year of his reign. This church, which was commenced in 1809, was opened on the 29th of March, 1812, under the authority of a licence from Dr. Spark, Bishop of Chester, and consecrated on the 1st of Oct. in the same year, by Dr. Law, Bishop of that diocese. The living, which is in the patronage of the Marquis of Ailesbury, is of the value of £100. a year, exclusive of the vicarage and glebe. No Market. Fairs, May 3, and November 20, (established in 1819) for horned cattle, sheep, and horses, November 23, for pedlary ware.

Population: parish Within, 444; parish without, 303; total, 747. Jervaulx Abbey, is in this parish, (for which see Jervaulx Abbey)"

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

Birks
Braithwaite Hall
Fleet's House
Hammer
High Newstead

Jervaulx Abbey
Kilgrim Bridge
Lane House
Moor Cote
Ulshaw Bridge

Census

Please see Christine Amsden's Census pages for the following Census transcriptions:
- Colsterdale
  - 1901
- East Witton
  - 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. John the Evangelist's Church, East Witton.
  - Internal view looking down the aisle
- The Methodist Chapel, East Witton.
- The Roman Catholic Church of St. Simon and St. Jude, Ulshaw. (The Church's website is here.)

Church History

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

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of East Witton.
The list of Vicars in St. John's Church, East Witton.

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 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.

Memorial Inscriptions

The South African Memorial Plaque in St. John's Church, East Witton.
The World War I and II memorial at East Witton.

Societies

This parish is covered by the following Society:
- Cleveland FHS

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