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The Ancient Parish of YARM

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"YARM, a parish in the wapentake and liberty of Langbargh; 4 miles from Stockton, 15 from Guisborough, 16 from Northallerton, and 44 from York, The town is situated on a low peninsula, and is nearly surrounded by the river Tees, which winds round in the form of a horse shoe, and is here navigable for vessels of sixty tons burthen." (There is further information for Yarm).

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 etc. in the parish:
  • St. Mary Magdalene's Church, Yarm (view 1).
  • St. Mary Magdalene's Church, Yarm (view 2).
  • St. Mary and St. Romuald's Roman Catholic Church, Yarm.
    • This Church was originally built by the Meynell family for their own use when they were Lords of the manor, living at The Friarage.

Church Records

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

Description and Travel

• The town of Yarm has its own website: Yarm on-line.
• There are photographs of the Yarm area available for free download from the freefoto.com website.
• Ben Kenyon has set up a virtual tour of Yarm. By its nature, this uses large files and so it is preferable to view it with a broadband (ADSL) connection. If you have a problem trying to view it, please see the FAQs for the 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 Pigot's Directory of 1829.
• 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 Yarm and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Societies

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