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The Ancient Parish of WHELDRAKE
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"WHELDRAKE, a parish in the wapentake of Ouse and Derwent; 8 miles SE. of York. The church which was rebuilt in the year 1789 (see Churches for photograph), is dedicated to St. Helen, the Hon. Robert Elliott is the rector, and the Archbishop of York the patron. There is here a well endowed school for the education of 19 boys and girls, of which Mr William Dawson is the master, and a manor court for the recovery of small debts of which George Fearn is the bailiff; there are also two Methodist chapels, one of the Old and the other of the New Connexion. Pop. 638.""LANGWITH, in the parish of Wheldrake, wapentake of Ouse and Derwent; 2¼ miles NW. of Wheldrake, 3 miles SE. of York. Contains 5 farm houses and 39 inhabitants."
[Description(s) edited mainly from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson. ©2010]
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- Photographs of the over 440 gravestones in Wheldrake Churchyard with a linked surname index.
- Here is a photograph of St. Helen's Church, Wheldrake. (With short history).
- Internal view looking down the aisle
- Transcript of the entry for Wheldrake in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Wheldrake.
- The List of Rectors in St. Helen's Church, Wheldrake.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the East Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the The Kelly's Directory of the, East and North Ridings, 1905
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1892. of the East Riding.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1892 History and Directory of the East Riding.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Wheldrake to another place.
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- 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.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE680450 (Lat/Lon: 53.896722, -0.966675), Wheldrake which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- The Roll of Honour in St. Helen's Church, Wheldrake.
- The War Memorial Plaque in St. Helen's Church, Wheldrake.
- This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies:
- The 1834 Electoral Roll for this parish