GENUKI: Kirkby Overblow

The Ancient Parish of KIRKBY OVERBLOW

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"KIRKBY OVERBLOW, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro; (the seat of the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Marsham) 4 miles S. of Harrogate, 5½ miles from Wetherby, 6½ from Knaresborough, 20½ from York. Pop. including Swindon, 370, which being united, form a township. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, £20. 1s. 0½d. Patron, the Earl of Egremont.

Kirkby Overblow, the orthography of which is Kirkby Ore Blowers, from its being within the vicinity of an Iron forge. --Whitaker's Ducatus Leodiensis. This village is situated upon an eminence on the north bank of the Wharfe.

Here is a small School for six poor children; the land originally appropriated to the support of which, consists of eleven acres."

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

Barrowby Grange
Beck Bottom
Bracken Foot
Kearby Town End
Netherby
North Rigton
Sicklinghall
Spacey Houses

Stainburn
Stainburn Moor Side
Swindon
Swindon Hall
Walton Head
West End
Wood Hall

Charities

The various donations for St. Helen's Church, Kirkby Overblow.

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- All Saints' Church, Kirkby Overblow (view 1).
- All Saints' Church, Kirkby Overblow (view 2).
  - Internal view looking down the nave
  - Another internal view
- The Church of St. John the Evangelist, North Rigton (view 1).
- The Church of St. John the Evangelist, North Rigton (view 2).
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- St. Peter's Church, Sicklinghall.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- The Roman Catholic Church, Sicklinghall.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- St. Mary's Church, Stainburn.

Church History

Transcript of the entry for Kirkby Overblow in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Stainburn in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
The History of Stainburn Church.

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Kirkby Overblow.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Stainburn.

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 World War I Memorial Plaque in St. Helen's Church, Kirkby Overblow.
The World Wars I and II memorial in the churchyard at Sicklinghall.

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:
- (SE245490) Braythorn
- (SE333483) Barrowby
- (SE300512) Bunkers Hill
- (SE359467) Carlshead House
- (SE341466) Chapel Hill
- (SE344474) Clap Gate
- (SE315500) High Snape
- (SE327497) Low Hall
- (SE327474) Low Barrowby
- (SE337484) Lund Head
- (SE356473) Paddock House
- (SE285498) Rigton Lodge
- (SE366474) Sicklinhall House
- (SE370483) Skerry Grange
- (SE279488) Spout House
- (SE315481) Swindon Lodge

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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