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The Ancient Parish of LECONFIELD

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"LECONFIELD, (also spelt Leckonfield) a parish in the wapentake of Harthill; 3 miles NNW. of Beverley. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Catharine (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of Harthill, of which the Earl of Egremont is the lay patron, and the Rev. Robert Rigby, of Beverley, incumbent. Pop. 302." (There is further information for Leconfield).

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"ARRAM, a hamlet in the parish of Leconfield, wapentake and liberty of Holderness; 1¾ miles E. of Leconfield, 4 miles N. of Beverley. Population included with Atwick."

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
  • St Catherine's Church, Leconfield.
    • Internal view looking down the aisle
    • The font
  • The Saxon Window, St. Catherine's, Leconfield.

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Leconfield.
• A transcription of the List of Rectors in St. Catherine's Church, Leconfield.

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 Leconfield and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Memorial Inscriptions

• A transcription of the World War I Memorial Plaque on Leconfield Church

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:
  • (TA034447) New Arram

Societies

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

Voting Registers

• The 1834 Electoral Roll for this parish