Crayke, Yorkshire Genealogy
Guide to Crayke, Yorkshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Crayke, Yorkshire | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Bulmer |
| County | Yorkshire |
| Poor Law Union | Easingwold |
| Registration District | Easingwold |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1558 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1704 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Bulmer |
| Diocese | York |
| Province | York |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of Cleveland |
| Location of Archive | |
| Yorkshire Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
St Cuthbert Crayke is an ancient parish a parish in the Bishopric of Durham. It was given by Egfrid, King of Northumberland, to St. Cuthbert, in the year 685, by whom it came to the church of Durham; about which time the said St. Cuthbert founded a monastery here. The ruins of Crayke Castle, which is supposed to have been a Roman fortress, and which in the time of the Saxons was a royal palace. Near the ruins of the castle stands the church, which is dedicated to St. Cuthbert.
CRAIKE, or Crayke (St. Cuthbert), a parish, in the union of Easingwould, W. division of the wapentake of Bulmer, N. riding of York, 3 miles (E. by N.) from Easingwould; containing 579 inhabitants. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.[1]
CRAIKE, or Crayke, a parish in Easingwold district, N. R. Yorkshire; 2½ miles NE of Easingwold, and 3¾ SSW of Ampleforth r. station. A monastery was founded in the parish, in 685; and destroyed by the Danes in 882. A castle in the Tudor style was built by Neville, Bishop of Durham, who died in 1457. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists.[2]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- Type the name of the parish in the search bar
- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
'The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England[edit | edit source]
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Crayke Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-North Riding | ||||||
| FamilySearch Marriage Bonds and Allegations-North Riding | ||||||
| FamilySearch Marriage Bonds and Allegations (Allertonshire)-North Riding | ||||||
| Parish Registers - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Find My Past-North Riding ($) | ||||||
| Find My Past Banns-North Riding ($) | ||||||
| Find My Past Marriage Licences-North Riding ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry Church of England Marriage Bonds-North Riding ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | ||||||
| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - North Riding ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - North Riding ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Non-Conformists (All other Religions)[edit | edit source]
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Easingwold Poor Law Union, Yorkshire
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Yorkshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Lewis,Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England and Wales (1848) Adapted 14 November 2013.
- ↑ John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) Adapted 30 April 2013.
