GENUKI: Scruton

The Ancient Parish of SCRUTON

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"SCRUTON, a parish in the wapentake of Hang East, and liberty of Richmondshire; 4 miles NNE. of Bedale. Here is a church, dedicated to St. Radegund (see Churches for photograph); the living is a rectory in the patronage of Henry Gale Esq. of which the Rev. William Newsome A.M. is the incumbent. Pop. 411." (There is further information for Scruton).

"GRIMESCAR, a Mill and a farm house in the township and parish of Scruton; 1¼ miles SSE. of Scruton, 3 miles from Bedale, 6 from Northallerton."

Charities

The table of Legacies for the use of the poor in St. Radegund's Church, Scruton.

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Radegund's Church, Scruton, view 1. (With short history). (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Radegund's Church, Scruton, view 2.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- The former Wesleyan Chapel, Scruton, founded in 1879, as it was in 2003. (With short history).
- The ex Wesleyan Chapel, Scruton, in 2009.
- The Old Vicarage, Scruton.

Church History

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

Church Records

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

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.

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 by the following Society:
- Cleveland FHS

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