GENUKI: Great Ouseburn

The Ancient Parish of GREAT OUSEBURN

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"GREAT OUSEBURN, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Claro, liberty of the Forest of Knaresborough; 4 miles from Boroughbridge, 7 from Knaresborough, 14 from York. Pop. 437. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester, value, ~£3. 10s. Patron, the King."

"OUSE HEAD, (Obelisk) in the parish of Great Ouseburn; 3¾ miles SE. of Boroughbridge, 7½ from Knaresborough.

Here stands a neat little pillar, which marks the head of the River Ouse. This celebrated head, whose waters would scarcely wet your shoe soles, is a burlesque upon two noble rivers, the Ure and the Swale, by depriving them of their names, and usurping a dignity in favour of a dirty puddle. --Hutton."

Cemeteries

The following MIs are available on the Kirkheaton.info website (you will need to register (free)):
- Great Ouseburn, St. Mary The Virgin.

Charities

The donations to the poor in St. Mary's Church, Great Ouseburn.
The further donations to the poor in St. Mary's Church, Great Ouseburn.

Churches

Here are 2 photographs of St. Mary's Church, Great Ouseburn:
- View 1, from the churchyard.
- and View2, from the road.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
  - The East Window
  - The font

Church History

Transcript of the entry for Great Ouseburn in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
The plaque giving Church enlargement information in St. Mary's Church, Great Ouseburn.

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Great Ouseburn.
The List of Rectors and Curates in St. Mary's Church, Great Ouseburn.

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.

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. Mary's Church, Great Ouseburn.
The World War I and II memorial in the churchyard at Great Ouseburn.

Societies

This parish is covered by the following Society:
- Harrogate and district Family History Society

Taxation

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

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