Knaresborough parish

Knaresborough parish registers: Dates and current locations etc.

The place:

A parish and market town, in the lower division of Claro, Liberties of St. Peter and Knaresborough; 5 miles from Ripley, 7 from Boroughbridge and Wetherby, 11 from Hopper Lane Inn, 12 from Ripon, 13 from Otley, 18 from Leeds and York, 24 from Skipton, 201 from London. Population 5,283. The Church, a prebendal peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the deanery of Boroughbridge, diocese of Chester.

Deposited Registers (North Yorkshire County Record Office, microfilm only)

• Baptisms: Registers with incumbent (Microfilm 1561-1933)
• Marriages: Registers with incumbent (Microfilm 1561-1912)
• Burials: Registers with incumbent (Microfilm 1561-1958)

Bishop's Transcripts:

• 1670, 1674, 1675, 1679-1682, 1684, 1686-1688, 1690, 1691, 1696,1698, 1699, 1702, 1705-1718, 1721, 1723, 1725-1728, 1731-1738, 1740-1933 (All at West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds, plus one other, undated, c. 1670)

IGI Coverage:

• C 1670-1764, 1765-1778, 1819-1833, 1835-1839;
• M 1670-1764, 1765-1778, 1819-1833, 1835-1836

Transcripts and Indexes:

1. CMB 1560-1753; PTI, Extracts only; W. J. Kaye, 1922; Yorkshire Archaeological Society
2. M 1801-1840; Typed transcript, with index; Boyd's Marriage Index; Society of Genealogists, York Central Library