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The Ancient Parish of HACKNESS

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"HACKNESS, a parish in the wapentake and liberty of Whitby Strand; 6½ miles NW. of Scarborough. The church dedicated to St. Peter (see Churches for photograph), is a very ancient structure; the living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Marquis of Annandale, and the Rev. Thomas Irvin is the incumbent. The very elegant mansion at this place, was built by the late Sir Richard Vanden Bempde Johnstone, Bart. Pop. 143." (There is further information for Hackness).

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

Broxa Deepdale Everley Harwood Dale

Hilla Green Silpho Suffield Thurlsey

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
  • St. Peter's Church, Hackness.
    • The font
  • The new St. Margaret's Church, Harwood Dale, view 1.
  • The new St. Margaret's Church, Harwood Dale, view 2.
    • Internal view looking down the aisle
    • The font and cover
  • The old St. Margaret's Church, Harwood Dale.
  • The ex-Methodist Church, Harwood Dale, now a private dwelling.
  • The ex-Methodist Church, Silpho, now a private dwelling.

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Hackness.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Harwood Dale.

Directories

• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Baines's Directory of 1823.
• 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.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in The Scarborough Gazette Directory of 1905.

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 Hackness and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Memorial Inscriptions

• A transcription of the 1914-1919 Memorial plaque in Hackness Church.
• A transcription of the 1914-1919 War Memorial at Hackness.

Societies

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