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The Ancient Parish of WHENBY

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]

"WHENBY, a parish in the wapentake of Bulmer; 8 miles E. of Easingwold. Here is a church, dedicated to St. Martin; the living is a vicarage, of which William Garforth, Esq. is the patron, and the Rev. William Preston the incumbent, Population, 129."

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"FOULRICE, in the parishes of Brandsby and Whenby, and wapentake of Bulmer; ¾ mile WNW. of Whenby, 7 miles E. of Easingwold."

Church Records

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

Directories

• 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

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Whenby to another place.
• There is further information about this parish from National Gazetteer 1868 Yorkshire extracts.
• There is further information about this parish from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835 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 Whenby and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Societies

• This parish is covered by the following Society:
  • The City of York and District FHS