GENUKI: Sneaton

The Ancient Parish of SNEATON

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"SNEATON, a parish in the wapentake & liberty of Whitby Strand; 3 miles SW. of Whitby. Here is an ancient church, dedicated to St. John (see Churches for photograph); the living is a rectory, of which the King is the patron, the Rev. John Hammond, the incumbent and the Rev. Timothy Cassley, the resident curate. Population, 251."

"GALLOW GREEN, in the parish of Sneaton, wapentake and liberty of Whitby Strand; 2 miles SW. of Whitby."

"SNEATONTHORPE, in the parish of Sneaton, wapentake and liberty of Whitby Strand; 1¼ miles SE. of Sneaton, 4 miles S. of Whitby."

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Hilda's Church, Sneaton, rebuilt in 1823.

Church History

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

Church Records

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

Directories

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 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:
- East Yorkshire FHS

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