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The Ancient Parish of GUISBOROUGH

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"GUISBOROUGH, a parish in the wapentake and liberty of Langbargh; 9 miles from Stokesley, and 49 from York. The church of Guisborough is a neat structure, partly rebuilt in the year 1791, dedicated to St. Nicholas (see Churches for photograph); the living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Archbishop of York, and the Rev. T. P. Williamson, A. M. is the incumbent. Market, Tuesday. Fairs, the last Tuesdays in March and April; Tuesday before Whitsuntide; third Tuesdays in August and Sept.; second Tuesday in Nov. for horned cattle, horses, &c. last Tuesday in June for long wool, and last Tuesday in July for short wool. Principle Inn, the Cock." (There is further information for Guisborough).

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

Aisdale Gate Barnaby House Belman Bank Commondale Hutton Low Cross Long Hall

Park Hall Pinchinthorpe Skelderskew Grange Slapewath Sleddale Tocketts

Archives and Libraries

• The Friends of Teesside Archives exists to promote and assist Teesside Archives and to promote conservation of documents etc in the Cleveland county area. Its volunteers, among other things, help with the indexing of parish records, rate books, electoral rolls and other records of interest to family and local historians.

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
  • St. Nicholas Church, Guisborough.
  • The ruins of Guisborough Priory, Guisborough.
  • The ruins of Guisborough Priory, Guisborough (close up).
  • The Methodist Church, Guisborough. Originally Primitive Methodist, founded 1907.
  • The United Reformed Church, Guisborough.
  • St. Paulinus's Roman Catholic Church, Guisborough.
  • The Salvation Army, Guisborough.

Church Records

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

Description and Travel

• You will find the Information Office just inside the grounds of Guisborough Priory most helpful.

Directories

• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Baines's Directory of 1823.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Pigot's Directory of 1834.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in White's Directory of 1840.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Bulmers Directory of 1890.

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 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 Guisborough and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Memorial Inscriptions

• A transcription of the 1914-18 and 1939-45 War Memorial at Guisborough next to the Church.

Societies

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