GENUKI: Brayton

The Ancient Parish of BRAYTON

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"BRAYTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; 1 mile S. of Selby, 7 from Snaith, 11 from Pontefract, 16 from York. Pop. 253. The Church (see Churches for photograph) is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Wilfrid, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, ~£7. 14s. 4½d. Patron, the Hon. E. Petre."

"BARLOW, in the parish of Brayton; wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles SE. of Selby, 5 from Snaith, 13 from Pontefract. Pop. 175."

"BURN, in the parish of Brayton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash; 3 miles S. of Selby, 7 from Snaith, 8 from Pontefract. Pop. 238."

"BURTON HALL, a single house in the township of Gateforth, and parish of Brayton; 3 miles S. of Selby."

"GATEFORTH, in the parish of Brayton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash; 5 miles SW. of Selby, 6 from Ferrybridge, 8 from Pontefract. Pop. 192."

"HAMBLETON, in the parish of Brayton, wapentake of Barkston Ash; (Hambleton House, the seat of Samuel Smith, Esq.) 3½ miles SW. of Selby, 7 from Ferrybridge, 9 from Pontefract. Pop. 488."

"LUND, a hamlet in the township of Gateforth, and parish of Brayton; 4 miles SW. of Selby."

"THORPE WILLOUGHBY, in the parish of Brayton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles WSW. of Selby, 9 from Ferrybridge, 11 from Pontefract. Pop. 144."

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Wilfrid's Church, Brayton. (The Church's website is here.)
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- The Methodist Chapel, Brayton.
- St. Mary's Church, Hambleton.
- St. Mary's Church, Hambleton in April.
- St. Mary's Church, Hambleton at the end of May.
- The Methodist Church, Hambleton.
- The Wesleyan Sunday School, Hambleton, opened 1876.
- The Methodist Church, Burn, opened 1894, originally Wesleyan.
- The Anglican Methodist Church, Thorpe Willoughby. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Chapel of Ease, Barlow. (The Church's website is here.)
- The former Methodist Chapel, Barlow, now a private house.

Church History

Transcript of the entry for Brayton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Hambleton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Barlow in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Gateforth in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Brayton.
The List of Incumbents of St. Wilfrid's Church, Brayton.

Directories

Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer, Vol I, West 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, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750, Yorkshire extracts.

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 War Memorial Plaque of St. Wilfrid's Church, Brayton.

Names, Geographical

The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
- (SE556298) Hambleton Hough

Societies

This parish is covered by the following Society:
- The City of York and District FHS

Taxation

A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.

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