GENUKI: Northallerton

The Ancient Parish of NORTHALLERTON

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"NORTHALLERTON, a parish in the wapentake and liberty of Allertonshire; 8 miles from Bedale. 9 from Thirsk, and 16 from Richmond. This is a brisk market town, pleasantly situated on the side of a rising ground, gently sloping towards the east. Market, Wednesday. Fairs, Feb. 14, for horses and horned cattle, &c. and a week preceding, for horses only; May 5 and 6, for horses, horned cattle, sheep, leather, woollen-cloth, &c. Sept. 5 and 6, for horned cattle, sheep, leather, &c. October 3 and 4, for horned cattle, sheep, &c. second Wednesday in October for cheeses. Principal inns, Golden Lion, and Kings Head. Population 2,626. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to All Saints, in the deanry of Cleveland, (see also below). Patron, the Dean and Chapter of Durham. It returns two Members to Parliament, a priviledge first granted in the 26th Edward I. The Bishop of Durham's Bailiff is the returning officer. --There are 204 burgage houses, 92 of which are the property of the Earl of Harewood, and Herny Peirse Esq." (There is further information for Northallerton).

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

Brompton
Brompton Granges
Broomfield
Bullamoor Houses
Crosby Cote
Deighton

High Worsall
Lazenby Hall
Leasecar
Romanby
Standard Hill

Cemeteries

The Monumental inscriptions for Northallerton Upper Cemetery have been transcribed by Robert Walker, along with an index and plan of the sections involved.

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- All Saints' Church, Northallerton (view 1). (With short history).
  - Internal view looking down the nave
  - The Altar and the East Window
- All Saints' Church, Northallerton (view 2).
- The Methodist Church, Northallerton. (With short history). (The Church's website is here.)
- The New Life Baptist Church, Northallerton. (With short history). (The Church's website is here.)
- The Evangelical Church, Northallerton. (With short history). (The Church's website is here.)
- The Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Northallerton. (With short history). (The Church's website is here.)
- The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Northallerton. (With short history).
- The Zion Congregational Church Sunday School, Northallerton. (With short history).
- The United Reformed Church, Northallerton. (With short history). (The Church's website is here.)
- The former Valley Road Baptist Chapel, Northallerton. (With short history).
- All Saints' Church, Deighton. (With short history).
- St. Thomas' Church, Brompton. (With short history).
- Brompton Methodist Church, Brompton. (With short history). (The Church's website is here.)
- The former Wesleyan Chapel, Brompton, opened in 1813, now a dwelling. (With short history).
- St. James' Church, Romanby. (With short history).
- The Methodist Church, Romanby. (With short history). (The Church's website is here.)
- The Cemetery Chapel, Northallerton. (With short history).

Church History

Transcript of Northallerton Baptist Church History
A transcript of Northallerton Congregational Church History
Transcript of the entry for Northallerton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Brompton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Deighton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for High Worsall in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Brompton.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Deighton.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of High Worsall.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Northallerton.

Description and Travel

Northallerton web-site.
Brompton Matters for stories & images, past and present.

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 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
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.

Genealogy

There is a genealogy forum for Brompton by Northallerton.

History

Between 1823 and 1890 the chapelry of Brompton (in this parish) became a parish in its own right. See Brompton Parish.

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

A book describing the men named on the War Memorials for Northallerton, Romanby and Brompton in World War II (see below) is available.
The World War II Roll of Honour in All Saints Church, Northallerton.
The World War I Plaques on opposite sides of St. Thomas's Church porch, Brompton.
The World War II Memorial Plaques in St. Thomas's Church porch, Brompton.
The War Memorial at Romanby.
The 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 War Memorial near Northallerton Church.

Military Records

A book describing the men named on the War Memorials for Northallerton, Romanby and Brompton in World War II (see above) is available.
The Northallerton Memorials Project aims to produce a record of the men from Northallerton, Brompton and Romanby, in North Yorkshire, England, who lost their lives in World War One. If anyone has any comments about the site or any further information about these men, or the actions in which they were killed, please contact Steve Metcalfe (email address on website).

Societies

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

Town Records

Bribery and corruption at Northallerton, the Report of the Northallerton Election Committee, 1866.

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