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The Ancient Parish of GRINTON

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"GRINTON, a parish in the wapentake of Hang West, and liberty of Richmondshire: 1 mile SE. of Reeth. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew (see Churches for photograph), is a very ancient structure, and has lately undergone many repairs; the windows, which are much corroded by time, are beautifully ornamented with stained glass. The living is a vicarage, in the patronage of the King. There were fairs formerly held here, but owing to its decreasing population they were transferred to Reeth, a market town in this parish. This parish is divided into four townships, each of which maintains its own poor, namely, Grinton, S. of the Swale: Reeth, on the N.; Melbecks, W. of Reeth; and Muker, on both banks of the Swale, which extends to the Dalehead. Population, 689."

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

Angram Barf End Birkdale Blades Calvert Houses Cogden Hall Crackpot Feetham Fremington Frith Greens Grinton Lodge Gunnerside Harkerside Hartlakes

Healaugh High Oxnop Ivelet Kearton Keld Low Oxnop Low Row Melbecks Muker Paradise Park Hall Potting Ramps Holme Rash Ravenseat

Raw Raw Croft Reeth Riddings Satron Scar Houses Sherfitt Hall Spring End Storthwaite Hall Summer Lodge Swale Hall Thorns Thwaite West Stonesdale Winterings

Cemeteries

• A look up is offered for the Monumental Inscriptions for the following places in the parish of Grinton:-
  • Grinton (St Andrew).
  • Gunnerside.
  • Muker.
  Please see the North Riding Look-up Exchange, remembering to read the instructions.

Census

• The Gunnerside website has transcriptions of some of the Census data for the Gunnerside area.
• Please see Christine Amsden's Census pages for the following Census transcriptions:
  • Blades: 1851, 1861, 1901
  • Feetham: 1851,1871, 1901
  • Fremington: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901
  • Grinton: Complete from 1841 to 1901
  • Gunnerside: Complete from 1841 to 1901
  • Healaugh: Complete from 1841 to 1901
  • Melbecks: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901
  • Muker: Complete from 1841 to 1901
  • Reeth: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches within the parish of Grinton
  • St Andrew's Church, Grinton. The Cathedral of the Dales.
  • A postcard of St Andrew's Church, Grinton, circa 1910 (from a similar position to the one above).
  • another view of St. Andrew's Church, Grinton.
  • The ex-Wesleyan Chapel, Grinton. This building became the Literary Institute in 1903 and subsequently became the Parish Hall, which it still is.
  • The ex-Roman Catholic Chapel, Fremington, view 1.
  • The ex-Roman Catholic Chapel, Fremington, view 2.
  • The Wesleyan Chapel, Reeth.
  • The Congregational Church, Reeth.
  • The Wesleyan Chapel, Healaugh, opened in 1845.
  • Holy Trinity Church, Melbecks.
  • Inside Holy Trinity Church, Melbecks.
  • another view of Holy Trinity Church, Melbecks.
  • The Methodist Chapel, Low Row.
  • The United Reformed Church, Low Row (the new Smarber Chapel).
  • The site of the Old Chapel, Smarber.
  • The Old Chapel Plaque, Smarber.
  • The Wesleyan Church, Gunnerside.
  • St. Mary's Church, Muker.
  • another view of St. Mary's Church, Muker.
  • The Methodist Church, Muker.
  • The Old Chapel, Thwaite.
  • The United Reform Church, Keld.
  • The Methodist Chapel, Keld.

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Grinton.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Muker.

Description and Travel

• The village of Gunnerside has its own website describing the Gunnerside area.
• Here are photographs of the Grinton and Swaledale area from this Genuki site:
  • Reeth from Harkerside.
  • Reeth Green, circa 1952.
  • Reeth Green, 1999.
  • Reeth Green, looking south.
  • Reeth Green, with Fremington edge.
  • Grinton Lodge (Youth Hostel).
  • The Watersplash shown in every episode of "All creatures great and small".
• There are also photographs of the Reeth area and the Swaledale area (4 pages) available for free download from the freefoto.com website.
• Muker (on the Yorkshire tour.co.uk site)
• Reeth (on the Yorkshire tour.co.uk site)
• Tanhill Inn (on the Yorkshire tour.co.uk site)

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 1890.

Gazetteers

• There is further information about this parish from National Gazetteer 1868 Yorkshire extracts.
• There is further information about this parish from Bulmer's 1890 History and Directory of the North 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 Grinton and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

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:
  • (NY906008) Crackpot Hall
  • (NY896066) Tan Hill
  • (SD973978) Smarber

Societies

• This parish is covered by the following Society:
  • Cleveland FHS