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The Ancient Parish of BESSINGBY

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"BESSINGBY, a parish in the wapentake of Dickering; (Bessingby House the seat of Harrington Hudson, Esq.) 1½ mile SW. of Bridlington. --Pop. 83. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Magnus (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of Dickering. Patron, Harrington Hudson, Esq."

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
  • St Magnus' Church, Bessingby.
  • St. Mark's Church, on West Hill, Bridlington, which comes under the parish of Bessingby.

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Bessingby.

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.

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 Bessingby 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:
  • (TA165664) West Hill

Societies

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

Voting Registers

• The 1834 Electoral Roll for this parish