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The Ancient Parish of DRAX

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"DRAX, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash; 4 miles N. of Snaith, 7 from Selby, 14 from Pontefract, 22 from York. Pop. 370. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, ~£4. p.r. !£88. Patron, the King.

The Free Grammar School at Drax was founded in 1667, by Charles Read, Gentleman, of Darleton, in the county of Nottingham, who was born in this parish. He erected a school House and dwelling for a master, as also six alms Houses, in the town and parish of Drax; and designed the same school House for a free school and a master for ever, to teach the youth of the parish to read write, accompt, and also Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. The original endowment was £30. per annum to the master, which yet remains the same, but an advance of salary is expected to take place. "If any of the boys he deemed fit for the University, they shall be sent to either Cambridge or Oxford." --Carlisles Gram. Schools."

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

Baxter Hall Botany Bay Inn Brockholes Camblesforth Chester Court Drax Abbey

Drax Hales Little Airmyn Long Drax Newhay Newland North Lane House

Rusholme Sail Hill Scurf Hall Summercroft Wren Hall

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
  • St Peter and St Paul's Church, Drax.
  • The Village Church, Camblesforth, ex Wesleyan, founded in 1894.

Church Records

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

Directories

• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Baines's Directory and Gazetteer Directory of 1822.

Gazetteers

• There is further information about this parish from National Gazetteer 1868 Yorkshire extracts.

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 Drax 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:
  • (SE693266) Rusholme Hall
  • (SE702266) Rusholme Grange

Societies

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