Yorkshire Local and Family History

General History

Allen, Thomas. A New and complete history of the County of York. London: I.T. Hinton, 1831. 3 volumes. Call #: F45999.10

The Victoria history of the County of York. Edited by William Page. London: A Constable & Co., Ltd., 1907-1961. 4 volumes: Volumes 1-3 general; volume 4 City of York; index for volumes 1-3. Call #: F45999.9

The Victoria history of the County of York, North Riding. Edited by William Page. London, 1914, 1923. 2 volumes, plus index volume. Call #: F45999.91.

Wheater, William. Some historic mansions of Yorkshire and their associations. Leeds: R. Jackson, 1888-1889. Call #: foDA670.Y6W5.

Visitations, Heraldry, Titled Families

Clay, John William. The Extinct and dormant peerages of the northern counties of England. London: James Nisbet, 1913. Call #: F0845.156.

Dugdale, William. The Visitation of the County of Yorke [1665-1666]. Durham: Published for the Surtees Society by G. Andrews. 1859. Call #: F0745.242. See also volume 9 of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series (below) for Abstracts of Yorkshire wills in the time of the Commonwealth at Somerset House, London, chiefly illustrative of Sir William Dugdale's visitation of Yorkshire in 1665-6.

Dugdales's visitation of Yorkshire with additions. Edited by J.W. Clay. Exeter: Pollard, 1899. Call #: F0745.242.

Foster, Joseph. Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire. London: J. Foster, 1864. 3 volumes (Volumes 1-2, West Riding; Volume 3, North and East Riding). Call #: E6999.31 (much damaged). Also available on microfilm. Call #: Microfilm E6999.31.

Glover, Robert. The Visitation of Yorkshire, made in the years 1584/5 by Robert Glover, Somerset herald; to which is added the subsequent visitation made in 1612, by Richard St. George . . . . London: printed for the editor, Joseph Foster, 1875. Call #: F0745.347.

Walker, John William. Yorkshire Pedigrees. London: J. Whitehead and Son, 1942-1944. 3 volumes. (Part of the "Publications of the Harleian Society" series.) Call #: F0745.4 (vols. 94-96).

Series Containing Source Material

North Riding Record Society. Quarter sessions records (volumes 1-9; 1884-1892); The Honor and forest of Pickering ("New Series" volumes 1-4; 1894-1897). Call #: F45999.6.

North Yorkshire County Record Office. Publications. Call #: foDA670.Y6N67.

Thoresby Society (Leeds). Publications. 1891-. Call #: F45947.9. Focus on Leeds and the West Riding. Leeds parish registers in volumes 1, 3, 7, 10, 13, 20. 25.

Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Record Series. 1885-. Call #: Call #: F4599.95 (starting with volume 139 the call # changes to oDA670.Y59Y6). Consult catalogs for volume contents. Of particular interest is the Index of wills in the York Registry [edited by Frances Collins] in volumes 6, 11, 14, 19, 22, 24, 26, 28, 32, 35, 49, 60, and 68 (also available as part of Microfiche 722). Also "Paver's marriage licenses" in volumes 40, 43, 46 continued from Yorkshire Archaeological Journal (see below).

Yorkshire Parish Register Society (Leeds). Parish Register Series. Continued by Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Parish Register Section. 1899-. Call #: E68.979.

Volumes for parishes as follows: Acomb (vol. 129); Addingham (vol. 66); Aldborough (vol. 110); Allerton Mauleverer (vol. 31); Almondbury (vols. 139, 140, 147, 153); Askham Bryan (vol. 131); Askham Richard (vols. 31, 131); Atwick (vol. 111); Aughton (vol. 86); Austerfield (chapel) in parish of Blyth (vol. 39); Bentham (vol. 91); Bingley (vol. 9); Birstall (vol. 146); Bishopthorpe (vol. 150); Blacktoft (vol. 8); Blyth (Austerfield chapel) (vol. 39); Bolton-by-Bolland (vols. 19, 22); Bowes (vol. 127); Braithwell (vols. 132, 133); Brantinham (vol. 12); Brodsworth (vol. 104); Bubwith (vol. 99); Burghwallis (vol. 116); Burton Fleming (North Burton) (vol. 2); Cantley (vol. 112); Carlton-Juxta-Snaith (vol. 96); Chapel-le-Dale (vol. 94); Cherry Burton (vol. 15); Crofton (vol. 62); Clapham (vol. 67); Collingham (vol. 141); Cowthorpe (vol. 39); Danby-in-Cleveland (vol. 43); Darrington (vol. 49); Drypool (vol. 125); Easingwold (vol. 56); East Rounton (vol. 54); Emley (vols. 65, 66); Yorkshire Parish Register Series (cont.)

Eston (vol. 76); Frickley-with-Clapton (vol. 95); Garforth (vol. 46); Gargrave (vol. 30); Giggleswick (vols. 147, 151); Gilling (vol. 113); Gisburne (vols. 114, 118); Goodramgate (Holy Trinity) (vol. 41); Great Ayton (vol. 90); Grinton in Swaledale (vol. 23); Hackness (vol. 25); Halifax (vols. 37, 45); Hampsthwaite (vol. 13); Hemsworth (vol. 79); Heptonstall (vol. 78); Harewood (vol. 50); Hartshead (vol. 17); Hickleton (vol. 109); Hooten Pagnell (vol. 87); Howden (vols. 21, 24, 32, 48); Ilkley (vol. 83); Ingleton (vol. 94); Keighley (St. Andrew's) (vols. 77, 82, 98); Kilburn (vol. 61); Kildwick-in-Graven (St. Andrew's) (vols. 47, 55, 69, 92); Killington (vol. 117); Kippax (vol. 10); Kirby Hill (vol. 75); Kirkleatham (vol. 59); Kirklington (vol. 35); Kirkby Malham (vol. 106); Ledsham (vol. 26); Linton-in-Craven (vol. 5, 18); Lythe (vols. 137, 138); Maltby (vol. 81); Marske in Cleveland (vol.16); Mirfield (vols. 64, 72); Myton (vol. 121); Myton upon Swale (vol. 145); North Burton (Burton Fleming) (vol. 2); Oswaldkirk (vol. 135); Owston (vol. 157); Otley (vols. 33, 44); Patrington (vol. 6); Pickhill (vol. 20); Pontefract (vol. 122); Raskelf (vols. 119, 145); Riccall (vol. 124); Richmond (vol. 101); Ripon (vol. 80); Rokeby (vol. 128); Rothwell (vols. 27, 34, 51); Scorborough (vol.8); Scruton (vol. 156); Sculcoates (vol. 123); Sessay (vol. 103); Settrington (vol. 38); Sheffield (vols. 58, 60, 68, 74, 74a, 143); Snaith (vols. 57, 63); Stokesley (vol. 7); Swillington (vol. 115); Terrington (vol. 29); Thirsk (vol. 42); Thornhill (vols. 28, 40, 53); Thornton-in-Lansdale (vol. 89); Thorpe Bassett (vol. 155); Waddinton (vol. 88); Wakefield (Chapelry of Horbury) (vol. 3); Walton in Ainsty (vol. 126); Wath-upon-Dearne (vol. 14); Wensley (vols. 108, 130); Weston (vol. 54); Whitby (vol. 84); Winestead (vol. 4); Wintringham (vol. 71); Wragby (vols. 105, 107); York: St. Crux (vols. 70, 149) - St. Laurence (vol. 97) - St. Martin, Coney Street (vol. 36) - St. Mary, Bishophill Junior (vol. 52) - St. Mary, Castlegate (vols. 134, 136) - St. Michael le Belfrey (vols. 1, 11) -St. Olave (vols. 73, 158).

Journals

Cleveland Family History Society Journal. 1980-. Call #: foCS435.C55C54. Covers north Yorkshire and south Durham.

North Yorkshire County Record Office Journal. 1975-[1984?]. Call #: foDA670.Y59N67.

Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1893-. Call #: F024599.8. "Paver's marriage licences", transcriptions of 16th, 17th and early 18th century marriage licenses once in the York Registry but now largely vanished, found in volumes 7, 9-14, 16, 17, 20. Their publication continued in the Society's Record Series (see above).

Gazetteers and Directories

Baines, Edward. History, directory & gazetteer of the county of York. [Leeds]: E. Baines; London, sold by Hurst and Robinson, 1822-1823. Call #: G4599.05.

Research Aids

Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Pre-1858 English probate jurisdictions. Yorkshire: a genealogical research guide to probate courts having jurisdiction in Yorkshire. Salt Lake City: The Society, 1970. Call #: foCS1G3828 no. 39.

Gurney, Nora K.M. A Handlist of parish register transcripts in the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research. York: Borthwick Institute, 1976. Call #: oCD1068Y67B6 1976.

North Yorkshire County Record Office. Publications. Call #: foDA670.Y6N67. The following should be of particular interest:

Lists of calendars, transcripts & microfilms in the North Yorkshire County Record Office ("revised to December 1989"). Guide No. 1 plus supplements for 1989, 1990, and 1991.

Parish registers, census returns, land tax returns, tithe apportionments, enclosure awards in the North Yorkshire County Record Office ("revised to July 1990"). Guide No. 2.

List of North Yorkshire and North Riding maps & plans available for consultation in the North Yorkshire County Record Office ("revised to March 1990"). Guide No. 3.

North Yorkshire parish registers. "A guide to the locatgion of parish registers in the new county of North Yorkshire and in the old county of the North Riding.." Guide No. 5.

List of non-conformist church & chapel registers and of monumental inscriptions in the North Yorkshire County Record Office ("revised to November 1991"). Guide No. 7.

Pratt, David H. Researching British probates 1354-1858. A Guide to the microfilm collection of the Family History Library. Volume 1: Northern England / Province of York. Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, 1992. Call #: oZ5313.G7E57 1992 (LFH open shelf).

Webb, C.C. A Guide to genealogical sources in the Borthwick Institute of Historical Research. York: Borthwick Institute, c1981. Call #: oDA670Y6W42.

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