GENUKI: Guisborough

The Ancient Parish of GUISBOROUGH

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"GUISBOROUGH, a parish in the wapentake and liberty of Langbargh; 9 miles from Stokesley, and 49 from York. The church of Guisborough is a neat structure, partly rebuilt in the year 1791, dedicated to St. Nicholas (see Churches for photograph); the living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Archbishop of York, and the Rev. T. P. Williamson, A. M. is the incumbent. Market, Tuesday. Fairs, the last Tuesdays in March and April; Tuesday before Whitsuntide; third Tuesdays in August and Sept.; second Tuesday in Nov. for horned cattle, horses, &c. last Tuesday in June for long wool, and last Tuesday in July for short wool. Principle Inn, the Cock." (There is further information for Guisborough).

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

Aisdale Gate
Barnaby House
Belman Bank
Commondale
Hutton Low Cross
Long Hall

Park Hall
Pinchinthorpe
Skelderskew Grange
Slapewath
Sleddale
Tocketts

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- St. Nicholas Church, Guisborough.
  - Internal view looking down the aisle
  - Internal view looking across the nave
  - The East Window
  - The font
- The ruins of Guisborough Priory, Guisborough.
- The ruins of Guisborough Priory, Guisborough (close up).
- The Methodist Church, Guisborough. Originally Primitive Methodist, founded 1907.
  - Internal view looking down the aisle
- The United Reformed Church, Guisborough, formerly Congregational.
- St. Paulinus's Roman Catholic Church, Guisborough.
- The Salvation Army, Guisborough.

Church History

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

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Guisborough.
The list of incumbents in St. Nicholas's Church, Guisborough.

Description and Travel

You will find the Information Office just inside the grounds of Guisborough Priory most helpful.

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 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 1890. of the North 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 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 1914-18 and 1939-45 War Memorial at Guisborough next to the Church.

Societies

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

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