GENUKI: Linton In Craven

The Ancient Parish of LINTON IN CRAVEN

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"LINTON IN CRAVEN, a parish-town, in the east-division and liberty of Staincliffe; (the seat of Mrs. Atkinson) 7 miles S. of Kettlewell, 9 from Skipton, 10 from Pateley Bridge, 44 from York. Pop. 313. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Michael (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of Craven, value, in two medieties of £16. each, p.r. first mediety, !£100. second ditto, !£120. Patron, the King.

Here is an excellent Hospital, founded and endowed by Richard Fountain Esq. of Enfield, Middlesex, a native of the place, who having acquired a large fortune in London, by Will, dated July 15, 1721, ordered an estate to be purchased, out of which £26. per annum, should be equally divided among six poor old women or men, in the parish of Linton. They each now receive upwards of twelve guineas per annum, besides the use of a large garden. The founder also left £20. to the minister or ministers of the parish, provided they constantly reside in the parish, and read prayers twice in the week to the poor persons in the hospital. The building is after the style of Sir John Vanburgh, and is said to have cost £1,500. The parish church is at some distance from the village, on the banks of the Wharfe."

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

Grassington
Hebden
Hebden Bank
Hebden Moorside
Netherside
Skirethorns
Threshfield

Charities

The various donations for St. Michael's Church, Linton in Craven.

Churches

Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Michael and All Angels' Church, Linton in Craven (view 1).
  - Internal view looking down the nave
  - Internal view looking across the nave
- St. Michael and All Angels' Church, Linton in Craven (view 2).
- The Church House, Grassington.
- St. Peter's Church, Hebden (view 1).
- St. Peter's Church, Hebden (view 2).
  - Internal view looking down the nave
- The Methodist Church, Hebden. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Methodist Church, Grassington. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Congregational Church, Grassington, view 1.
- The Congregational Church, Grassington, view 2.
- St. Margaret Clitherow's Roman Catholic Church, Threshfield.
- The Methodist Church, Threshfield. (The Church's website is here.)

Church History

A transcription of the Grassington Congregational Church History
Transcript of the entry for Linton in Craven in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".

Church Records

The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Linton in Craven.
The List of Rectors of Linton in Craven.

Description and Travel

Garry Stockdill's Yorksview website contains a description and photographs of:
- Grassington.

Directories

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 Craven Household Almanack 1911, XXX

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.

History

A transcription of the Grassington Congregational Church History

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 wars I and II memorial at Linton in Craven
The Chapel Foundation Plaque in Hebden Church.
The World War I Memorial Plaque in Hebden Church.

Societies

This parish is covered by the following Society:
- Airedale & Wharfedale FHS

Taxation

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

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