GENUKI: Kirk Hammerton, Yorkshire (Ainsty)

Yorkshire

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]

"KIRK HAMMERTON, a parish in the West Riding of Yorkshire, but containing some places located within the Ainsty of York."

"SKEWKIRK, a farm house in the township of Tockwith and parish of Kirk Hammerton, 7 miles NE. of Wetherby."

"WILSTHORP, (or Wilstrop) in the parish of Kirk Hammerton; 7.5 miles WNW. of York. Pop. 95."

Churches

Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the North Riding.
Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1890. of the North 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 1835,, Yorkshire extracts.
There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1890 History and Directory of the North Riding.

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 detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE465556 (Lat/Lon: 53.994354, -1.292214), Kirk Hammerton which are provided by:

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Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
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