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The Ancient Parish of FILEY

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"FILEY, a parish in the wapentakes of Pickering Lythe, and Dickering; 7½ miles SE. of Scarborough, situated on the banks of a noble bay, abounding with excellent fish, and famous for its lobsters; the sands are very firm, and are bounded on the north by a remarkable ridge of rocks, extending nearly half a mile into the sea, called Filey Bridge. The parochial chapel, which is dedicated to St. Bartholomew, is in the patronage of the Osbaldeston family; here is likewise a Methodist chapel. A very fine spring adjoins the church yard, and supplies the place with most a excellent water. Population 773."

Archives and Libraries

• A large amount of archive material is held by Filey Town Council in The Crimlisk Fisher Archive.
• Filey Museum was established over thirty years ago and is housed in buildings dated from 1696.
  Exhibits there include hundreds of photographs of Old Filey and its characters, old maps, other written records and, of course, hundreds of other artifacts of local historical interest.
  • Open Easter to end of October.
  • Telephone 01723 515013 or 515945,
  • for more information

Church Records

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

Description and Travel

• There is lots of information on, and photographs of Filey on Bill Lealman's Filey web pages.
• Filey Bay.com

Directories

• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Baines's Directory of 1823.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Bulmers Directory of 1892.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in The Scarborough Gazette Directory of 1905.

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.

History

• Pam Smith has written an article on The Healthy Air of Filey and another about early
• Aviation in Filey from articles by her grandfather, first published in the early 1900s.

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 Filey and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Military Records

• Filey Casualties The aim of this site is to document the men who died as a result of either of the two World Wars and who were from, or were serving in Filey during them.

Occupations

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

Societies

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

Voting Registers

• The 1834 Electoral Roll for this parish