Acklam
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"ACKLAM, a parish in the wapentake of Buckrose, and partly in the liberty of St. Peters; 6½ miles S. of Malton. The parish church (see Churches for photograph), of which the Chancellor of York Cathedral is the patron, and the Rev. James Britton the vicar, is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. Here are also a Methodist chapel, and a chapel for the Primitive Methodists. Pop. including Barthorp, 389."
"BARTHORPE BOTTOMS, (now Barthorpe - 2001) 2 or 3 farm houses in the parish of Acklam, wapentake of Buckrose, and liberty of St. Peter's; 1¾ miles SW. of Acklam, 8 miles. S. of Malton. Pop. included with Acklam."
"LEAVENING, in the parish of Acklam, wapentake of Buckrose, and liberty of St. Peter's; ¾ mile N. of Acklam, 5½ miles S. of Malton. Pop. 294."
[Description(s) edited mainly from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson. ©2010]
Churches
- Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- St. John's Church, Acklam.
- The Church of the Venerable Bede, Leavening. (The Church's website is here.)
- Internal view looking down the aisle
- The Methodist Church, Leavening.
Church History
- Transcript of the entry for Acklam in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
Church Records
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Acklam.
Description and Travel
- The village of Leavening has its own website: leaveningonline, which includes a brief history and photographs of old Leavening.
Directories
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the East Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1892. of the East Riding.
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 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1892 History and Directory of the East Riding.
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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.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE785618 (Lat/Lon: 54.046202, -0.802605), Acklam which are provided by:
- This place shown on an OpenStreetMap map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- 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.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Memorial Inscriptions
- The World War I and II memorial plaque in St. John's Church, Acklam.
Societies
- This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies:
Voting Registers
- The 1834 Electoral Roll for this parish