GENUKI: Lastingham

The Ancient Parish of LASTINGHAM

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"LASTINGHAM, a parish in the wapentake of Rydale; 4 miles NNE. of Kirkbymoorside. The church is a very large and ancient structure (see Churches for photograph), and has, in all probability, belonged to the monastery. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the King, of which the Rev, W. N. Darnell is the incumbent. Here is also a Methodist chapel Population, 225.

In 648, Edilwald, son of Oswald, - King of Northumbria, gave to Cedde, bishop of the East-Saxons, a piece of ground, called Lestingay, for binding a monastery. He instituted here the same discipline as at Lindisfarn, where he had been educated. In this monastery he died about the year 664. -Dugdale. This monastery was destroyed in 870, restored in 1078, and in 1088 the fraternity removed to York. Underneath the choir of the present church, and of the same dimensions, is a vaulted crypt, 13 paces by 8, the massy cylindrical columns of which, with their variously sculptured columns and arches, are all in great preservation, and exhibit excellent specimens of Saxon architecture. The entrance is through a trap-door from the west-end of the choir, and consists of a centre and two side ailes, lighted by a small window at the east-end of each aile, and being situated on the brow of a steep bill, admit light. The east-end is circular, resembling the crypt or bone-house at Ripon minster, which was built about the same time."

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

Appleton Le Moors
Bainwood Head
Barmer Lodge
Blakey House
Douthwaite Dale
Farndale East Side

Hamley Hagg
Hamley Houses
High Askew
Hutton Le Hole
Lingmoor
Little Ashes
Lower Askew

Rosedale
Skipster Hagg
Sled Shoe
Spaunton
Spaunton Lodge
Yoadwath

Cemeteries

Photographs of over 400 gravestones at Rosedale Abbey with linked surname index.
Carol Bartlett and Linda Caswell have transcribed the Monumental Inscriptions for Rosedale.

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- St. Mary's Church, Lastingham, view 1.
- St. Mary's Church, Lastingham, view 2
- Christ Church, Appleton le Moors (Front).
  - Internal view looking down the aisle
- Christ Church, Appleton le Moors (Rear).
- The Methodist Church, Appleton le Moors, built as a Wesleyan Chapel in 1832.
- St. Chad's Church, Hutton le Hole.
- St. Mary's Church and churchyard, East side showing the setting.
- St. Mary's Church and churchyard, Farndale (East side) (view 1).
  - Internal view looking down the aisle
- St. Mary's Church and churchyard, Farndale (East side) (view 2).
- St. Lawrence's Church, Rosedale Abbey (view 1).
  - Internal view looking down the nave
  - Internal view looking westwards up the nave
- St. Lawrence's Church, Rosedale Abbey (view 2).
- The Old Methodist Chapel, Lastingham.
- The former Methodist Chapel, Rosedale Abbey.
- The Ebenezer Methodist Chapel, Rosedale Abbey.

Church History

Transcript of the entry for Lastingham in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Farndale in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Rosedale in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
The Church rebuilding plaque in St. Mary's Church, Farndale.

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Lastingham.
The List of Subscribers for the rebuilding of Rosedale Church.
The List of Vicars in Christ Church, Appleton le Moors.

Description and Travel

Here is a photograph of part of Hutton le Hole village.
The view from Rosedale Head looking down Rosedale.

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.

Genealogy

For the combined records of the people of Rosedale, Cropton and Hartoft, please see Carol Barlett's Rosedale People pages.

History

In 1873 the township of Farndale East Side(in this parish) joined with other townships to become a parish in their own right. See Bransdale with Farndale Parish.
About 1874 the township of Rosedale (in this and Middleton parish) became a parish in its own right. See Rosedale Parish.
The Rosedale History Society has a page about Rosedale History.

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 Roll of Honour in St. Lawrence's Church, Rosedale Abbey.
The 1914-18 War Memorial in St. Mary's Churchyard, Farndale
The 1914-1918 Memorial plaque in Appleton le Moors Church.
The various War Memorials at Rosedale Abbey Village.
The War Memorial on the green at Hutton le Hole.
The Roll of Honour in Christ Church, Appleton le Moors.

Societies

The Rosedale History Society
This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies:
- Cleveland FHS
- The Ryedale Family History Group

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