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The Ancient Parish of BEMPTON

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"BEMPTON, a parish in the wapentake of Dickering; 3½ miles NNE. of Bridlington; The Church, a donative, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Michael (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of Dickering, patron, R. C. Broadley, Esq. Population, 231."

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
  • St Michael's Church, Bempton.
  • A different view of St Michael's Church, on a spring evening.
  • The Disused Methodist Chapel, Bempton.
  • The Wesleyan Chapel, Bempton.

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Bempton.
• A transcription of the List of Incumbents in Bempton church.

Description and Travel

• Bempton (on the Yorkshire tour.co.uk site)

Directories

• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Baines's Directory of 1823.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Post Office Directory of 1857.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Bulmers Directory of 1892.

Gazetteers

• There is further information about this parish from National Gazetteer 1868 Yorkshire extracts.
• There is further information about this parish from Bulmer's 1892 History and Directory of the East Riding.

History

• Pam Smith has supplied an article on " The Climmers" or Egg Gatherers of the cliffs of Filey, Speeton, Bempton and Flamborough.

Maps

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• 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.
• View maps of Bempton and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Names (Geographical)

• The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
  • (TA189732) Bempton Grange
  • (TA210727) Metlands

Societies

• This parish is covered by the following Society:
  • East Yorkshire FHS

Taxation

• The Bempton Rate books for May 1896 and October 1896 have been transcribed by Liz Agar from photographs by Colin Hinson of the original book kindly loaned for the purpose by Jeff Wardlow of Bempton.
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Voting Registers

• The 1834 Electoral Roll for this parish