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The Ancient Parish of BEVERLEY

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"BEVERLEY, a parish in the wapentake of Harthill and the liberty of Beverley;(the several parishes of St. John, St. Mary, St. Nicholas, and St. Martin), 9 miles NNW. of Hull, 10 from South Cave, 10 from Market Weighton, 10 from Driffield, and 29 from York." (There is further information for Beverley).

Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.

Aike Beverley Parks Eske Grove Hill Hull Bridge Molescroft

Stork Hill Thearne Tickton Weel Woodmansey

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches in the borough of Beverley:
  • The Minster, Beverley (the parish Church of St. John and St. Martin).
  • The Minster (St John the Baptist), Beverley (view 2).
    • Across the town from the Minster Tower, Beverley.
  • St Mary's Church, Beverley, view 1.
  • St Mary's Church, Beverley, view 2.
  • St Mary's Church from the Minster, Beverley.
  • St Nicholas' Church, Beverley (view 1).
  • St Nicholas' Church, Beverley (view 2).
  • The Latimer Memorial Congregational Church, Beverley.
  • The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Beverley.
  • Toll Gavel United Methodist and URC Church, Walkergate, Beverley, founded 1891 as a Wesleyan Chapel, view 1.
  • Toll Gavel United Methodist and URC Church, Walkergate, Beverley, view 2.
• and some further Churches within the Beverley parishes:
  • St. Leonard's Church, Molescroft.
  • St. Paul's Church, Tickton.
  • The Methodist Church, Tickton, (ex Wesleyan).
  • St. Peter's Church, Woodmansey.
  • The Primitive Methodist Chapel, Thearne.
  • Norwood Methodist Church, Beverley, founded 1901.
  • Flemingate Methodist Church, Beverley, for sale in August 2006.
  • The Church of the Latter Day Saints, Beverley. Photo taken by kind permission of the Church.
  • The ex-Baptist Chapel, Beverley. Houses the East Riding Archives until autumn 2006.
• The following Churches have their own websites:
  • The Minster, Beverley
  • St Mary's Church, Beverley
  • Toll Gavel United Methodist and URC Church, Walkergate, Beverley

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Beverley Saint John.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Beverley Saint Nicholas.

Description and Travel

• Garry Stockdill's Yorksview website contains a description and photographs of Beverley.
• Beverley (on the Yorkshire tour.co.uk site)
• InBeverley

Directories

• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Baines's Directory of 1823.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Hull Directory of 1791.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Pigot's Directory of 1829.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Pigot's Directory of 1834.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in White's Directory of 1840.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Bulmers Directory of 1892.

Gazetteers

• There is further information about this parish from Pigot's 1829 Directory Yorkshire section.
• There is further information about this parish from Pigot's 1834 Directory Yorkshire section.
• 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 Beverley and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Memorial Inscriptions

• A transcription of the The War Memorial opposite the Church at Woodmansey.

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:
  • (TA052393) Grovehill
  • (TA023404) Hurn

Societies

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

Voting Registers

• The 1834 Electoral Roll for this parish