Howden parish

Howden parish registers: Dates and current locations etc.

The place:

A parish and market town, in the wapentake and Liberty of Howdenshire; 10 miles from Selby and Snaith, 12 from South Cave. and Market Weighton, 13¾ from Thorne, 16¾ from Pocklington, 20 from Beverley and York, 25 from Hull, from London, by Thorne, 181, by Lincoln, 199. Population 2,080. The Church, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Dean and Chapter of Durham in Howdenshire, is a perpetual curacy, commonly styled a vicarage, in the deanery of Howden.

Deposited Registers (East Yorkshire Record Office)

• Baptisms: 1541-1919
• Marriages: 1541-1921
• Burials: 1541-1914

Bishop's Transcripts:

• 1639, 1673, 1697, 1699-1705, 1708-1710, 1713-1720, 1724-1861

IGI Coverage:

• C 1542-1659, 1703-1812, 1813-1861;
• M 1543-1656, 1703-1812, 1813-1837

Transcripts and Indexes:

1. C 1542-1659; M 1542-1644; Printed transcript with index; Yorkshire Parish Register Society (publications of) 21; Yorkshire Archaeological Society
2. M 1571-1770; Typed transcript, with index; Boyd's Marriage Index; Society of Genealogists, York Central Library
3. M 1659-1702; B 1543-1659; Printed transcript with index; Yorkshire Parish Register Society (publications of) 24; Yorkshire Archaeological Society
4. CM 1703-1743; B 1659-1723; Printed transcript with index; Yorkshire Parish Register Society (publications of) 32, Yorkshire Archaeological Society
5. CB 1746-1776; M 1746-1754; Printed transcript with index; Yorkshire Parish Register Society (publications of) 48; Yorkshire Archaeological Society
6. CB 1775-1812; M 1770-1812; Typed transcript, no index; Yorkshire Archaeological Society
7. M 1770-1837; Manuscript transcript, no index; Loomes' Yorkshire Marriage Index; Society of Genealogists
8. C 1542-1776; East Yorkshire Family History Society(purchase).
9. M 1542-1754; East Yorkshire Family History Society(purchase).
10. B 1542-1812; East Yorkshire Family History Society(purchase).

Please note: For an explanation of the abbreviations and the meaning of those dates which are in italics, please see the Yorkshire Parish Registers main page.

The above register information was correct when the book was published (1998). However registers may be moved from one Register Office to another. If you know that any of the above data is incorrect, please drop me a line via my error reporting form.