GENUKI: Knaresborough

In an on-going project, Paul Marshall is transcribing, indexing and photographing gravestones around Harrogate:
- Grove Road Cemetery, Harrogate.
- Knaresborough Parish Church (St. John the Baptist).
- Christ Church, High Harrogate.

Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- St. John the Baptist's Church, Knaresborough. (The Church's website is here.)
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- St. John the Baptist's Church, Knaresborough, showing the position of the church from across the river.
- Holy Trinity Church, Knaresborough. (The Church's website is here.)
- The United Reformed Church, Knaresborough with the entrance to Holy Trinity alongside. (The Church's website is here.)
- The United Reformed Church, Knaresborough (view 2).
- Park Grove Methodist Church, Knaresborough. (The Church's website is here.)
- Gracious Street Methodist Church, Knaresborough. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary, Knaresborough. (The Church's website is here.)
  - Internal view
- The former Methodist Church, Knaresborough, now a Methodist Hall.
- Christ Church, High Harrogate. (The Church's website is here.)
- Christ Church, High Harrogate (a different view).
- St. Peter's Church, Harrogate. (The Church's website is here.)
  - Internal view looking down the nave
  - Internal view looking across the nave
- Wesleyan Church, Harrogate.
- The former St. Luke's Church (now flats) (now flats), Harrogate.
- St. Mary's Church, Low Harrogate.
- St. Mark's Church, Harrogate (view 1).
- St. Mark's Church, Harrogate (view 2).
- St. Wilfrid's Church, Harrogate. (The Church's website is here.)
- Grove Road Methodist Church, Harrogate.
- Oatlands Methodist Church, Harrogate.
- Trinity Methodist Church, Harrogate.
- Woodlands Methodist Church, Harrogate.
- Wesley Methodist, Harrogate.
- The Baptist Church, Harrogate. (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Paul's United Reformed Church, Harrogate. (The Church's website is here.)
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- West Park U.R.C., Harrogate.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- St. Aelred's R.C. Church, Harrogate (left hand building). (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Aelred's R.C. Church, Harrogate (right hand building).
- St. Robert's R.C. Church, Harrogate.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- St. Andrew's Church, Starbeck. (The Church's website is here.)
- St. John the Evangelist's Church, Bilton (view 1)..
- St. John the Evangelist's Church, Bilton (view 2).
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- The United Reformed Church, Bilton Grange.
- St. Bartholomew's Church, Arkendale.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- The Church of St. John the Baptist, Brearton.
  - Internal view looking down the nave
The following Churches have their own websites:
- Starbeck Methodist Church.
- St. John and St. Luke, Bilton.

A transcription of Harrogate Baptist Church History
A transcription of the Harrogate Congregational Church History
A transcription of the Knaresborough Congregational Church History
Transcript of the entry for Knaresborough in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Arkendale in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Transcript of the entry for Harrogate with Bilton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Knaresborough.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Arkendale.
The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Harrogate Christ Church.
The list of Ministers in St. Paul's United Reformed Church, Harrogate.

Garry Stockdill's Yorksview website contains a description and photographs of
- Knaresborough.
- Harrogate.

The Knaresborough online site had a transcription of the Pigots 1841 Directory
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer, Vol I, West Riding.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the White's 1837 Gazetteer, History and Directory, of the West Riding.

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 White's 1837 Gazetteer, History and Directory, of the West Riding.
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.

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.

A transcription of the 1914-18 and 1939-45 names of the War Dead on the Cenotaph at Knaresborough.
A transcription of the description of the various War Memorial plaques and windows in St. Peter's church, Harrogate.
The World War I and II Memorial Plaques in St. Paul's URC Church, Harrogate.
The World War I and World War II memorial at Arkendale.
The the War Memorial in the grounds of Ashville College, Harrogate.
The Memorial Plaque in St. Peter's Church, Harrogate.
The Memorial Plaque for the Royal Naval Association in St Peter's Church.
The War Memorial in the centre of Harrogate.
The War Memorial at St. Mark's Church, Leeds Road, Harrogate.

Harrogate Military Photographs 1916. A collection of over 1400 photographs of serviceman and women from the Harrogate area. This site contains an index to all entries, and scans can be obtained by e-mailing Paul Cooper, whose contact details appear on the page.

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:
- (SE320577) Bilton Dene
- (SE347558) Calcutt
- (SE326539) Crimple
- (SE333565) Forest Lane Head
- (SE343557) Forest Moor
- (SE348563) Gallow Hill
- (SE373587) Hopewell House
- (SE379595) The Hollies
- (SE350555) Thistle Hill
- (SE327549) Woodlands

The Northern Police Orphanage at St George's House, Otley Road, Harrogate looked after children of police families, mostly from North-East England. It was founded by Catherine Gurney in 1898 and closed in 1956.

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

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