GENUKI: Ellerburn

The Ancient Parish of ELLERBURN

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"ELLERBURN, a parish in the wapentake and liberty of Pickering Lythe; 3 miles ENE. of Pickering. The parish church is dedicated to Saint Hilda (see Churches for photograph). The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the Dean of York; incumbent, the Rev. Michael Mackreth.

In this parish are two townships, viz. Wilton and Farmanby, nearly one mile from the parish Church, there being no village of the name of Ellerburn."

"FARMANBY, a township in the parishes of Ellerburn and Thornton Dale, wapentake and liberty of Pickering Lythe; 2 miles ESE. of Pickering. Pop. 403."

"WILTON, in the parish of Ellerburn, wapentake & liberty of Pickering Lythe; 1¼ miles SE. of Ellerburn, 4 miles E. of Pickering. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Ellerburn (see Churches for photograph). Pop. 203."

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- St Hilda's Church, Ellerburn. (The Church's website is here.)
  - Internal view looking down the aisle
- St George's Church, Wilton (from the road). (The Church's website is here.)
- St George's Church, Wilton (from the churchyard).

Church History

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

Church Records

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

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.

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.

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 Ryedale Family History Group

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