GENUKI: Grinton

The Ancient Parish of GRINTON

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"GRINTON, a parish in the wapentake of Hang West, and liberty of Richmondshire: 1 mile SE. of Reeth. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew (see Churches for photograph), is a very ancient structure, and has lately undergone many repairs; the windows, which are much corroded by time, are beautifully ornamented with stained glass. The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the King. There were fairs formerly held here, but owing to its decreasing population they were transferred to Reeth, a market town in this parish. This parish is divided into four townships, each of which maintains its own poor, namely, Grinton, S. of the Swale: Reeth, on the N.; Melbecks, W. of Reeth; and Muker, on both banks of the Swale, which extends to the Dalehead. Population, 689."

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

Angram
Barf End
Birkdale
Blades
Calvert Houses
Cogden Hall
Crackpot
Feetham
Fremington
Frith
Greens
Grinton Lodge
Gunnerside
Harkerside
Hartlakes

Healaugh
High Oxnop
Ivelet
Kearton
Keld
Low Oxnop
Low Row
Melbecks
Muker
Paradise
Park Hall
Potting
Ramps Holme
Rash
Ravenseat

Raw
Raw Croft
Reeth
Riddings
Satron
Scar Houses
Sherfitt Hall
Spring End
Storthwaite Hall
Summer Lodge
Swale Hall
Thorns
Thwaite
West Stonesdale
Winterings

Cemeteries

Photographs of over 270 gravestones in Grinton Cemetery with linked surname index.
Photographs and Monumental Inscriptions of over 220 gravestones in the Graveyard with linked surname index.
See also Monumental Inscriptions below for some of the Plaques in the Church.

Census

The Gunnerside website has transcriptions of some of the Census data for the Gunnerside area.
Please see Christine Amsden's Census pages for the following Census transcriptions:
- Blades: 1851, 1861, 1901
- Feetham: 1851,1871, 1901
- Fremington: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901
- Grinton: Complete from 1841 to 1901
- Gunnerside: Complete from 1841 to 1901
- Healaugh: Complete from 1841 to 1901
- Melbecks: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901
- Muker: Complete from 1841 to 1901
- Reeth: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches within the parish of Grinton:
- St Andrew's Church, Grinton. The Cathedral of the Dales.
  - Internal view looking down the aisle
  - Internal view looking west
  - The font and cover
  - The font and large font cover
- A postcard of St Andrew's Church, Grinton, circa 1910 (from a similar position to the one above).
- another view of St. Andrew's Church, Grinton.
- The former Roman Catholic Chapel, Fremington, view 1.
- The former Roman Catholic Chapel, Fremington, view 2.
- The Wesleyan Chapel, Reeth. Originally Wesleyan, founded 1797 and has now closed, the last service was on the 28th August 2016.
- The Congregational Church, Reeth. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Wesleyan Chapel, Healaugh, opened in 1845.
- Holy Trinity Church, Melbecks.
  - Internal view looking down the aisle
- another view of Holy Trinity Church, Melbecks.
- The Methodist Chapel, Low Row.
- The United Reformed Church, Low Row (the new Smarber Chapel).
- The site of the Old Chapel, Smarber.
  - The Old Chapel Plaque
- The Wesleyan Church, Gunnerside. (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Mary's Church, Muker.
  - Internal view looking down the aisle
  - The font and cover
- another view of St. Mary's Church, Muker.
- The Methodist Church, Muker.
- The Old Chapel, Thwaite.
- The United Reformed Church, Keld.
- The Methodist Chapel, Keld.

Church History

A transcript of Keld Congregational Church History
A transcript of Low-Row Congregational Church History
A transcript of Reeth Congregational Church History
Transcript of the entry for Grinton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Muker in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Grinton.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Muker.
The List of Vicars in St. Andrew's Church, Grinton.
The list of Vicars in St. Mary's Church, Muker.
The list of Vicars and Curates in St. Mary's Church, Muker.

Community Websites

The 2 Dales website covers Arkengarthdale and Swaledale.

Description and Travel

Here are photographs of the Grinton and Swaledale area, arranged in a Web Album.
There are photographs (Ancient and Modern) of the Swaledale and Arkengarthdale on the 2 Dales Website.
The village of Gunnerside has its own website describing the Gunnerside area.
A website about The bus up the Dale - Percival Bros. coaches, 1921-1971.

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.

History

John Hearfield has written a series of essays based on the censuses, covering Birkdale to Marrick.

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 Plaques in St. Andrew's Church, Grinton.
The World War I Memorial plaque in St. Mary's Church, Muker.
The Indian Memorial plaque in St. Andrew's Church, Grinton.
The World War I and II memorial in front of the Wesleyan Church, Gunnerside.
The World Wars I and II memorial on the green at Reeth.

Monumental Inscriptions

See "Cemeteries" (above) for MIs for the Churchyard.
The Monument to the wife of the Rev. Worthington in St. Andrew's Church, Grinton.
The Monument to the Rev. Worthington in St. Andrew's Church, Grinton.
The Monument to Edward Elliott in St. Andrew's Church, Grinton.
The Monument to the Rev'd H.B. Worthington in St. Andrew's Church, Grinton.
The Monument to Sir Francis Denys-Burton in St. Andrew's Church, Grinton.
The Monument to Sir George William Denys and family in St. Andrew's Church, Grinton.
The Monument to the Peacock family in St. Andrew's Church, Grinton.
The Monument to the Swale family in St. Andrew's Church, Grinton.
The Monument to Mary Scott in St. Andrew's Church, Grinton.
The Monument to Rev'd. Thomas Edmondson in St. Andrew's Church, Grinton.
The Monument to Rev'd. David Walker in St. Andrew's Church, Grinton.
The Monument to Rev'd. Percy Smith and family in St. Andrew's Church, Grinton.

Names, Geographical

The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
- (NY906008) Crackpot Hall
- (NY896066) Tan Hill
- (SD973978) Smarber

Societies

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

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