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The Ancient Parish of KIRKBY OVERBLOW

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"KIRKBY OVERBLOW, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Claro; (the seat of the Hon. and Rev. Dr. Marsham) 4 miles S. of Harrogate, 5½ miles from Wetherby, 6½ from Knaresborough, 20½ from York. Pop. including Swindon, 370, which being united, form a township. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to All-Saints (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, £20. 1s. 0½d. Patron, the Earl of Egremont.

Kirkby Overblow, the orthography of which is Kirkby Ore Blowers, from its being within the vicinity of an Iron forge. --Thoresby. This village is situated upon an eminence on the north bank of the Wharfe.

Here is a small School for six poor children; the land originally appropriated to the support of which, consists of eleven acres."

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

Barrowby Grange Beck Bottom Bracken Foot Kearby Town End Netherby North Rigton Sicklinghall Spacey Houses

Stainburn Stainburn Moor Side Swindon Swindon Hall Walton Head West End Wood Hall

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
  • All Saints' Church, Kirkby Overblow (view 1).
  • All Saints' Church, Kirkby Overblow (view 2).
  • The Church of St. John the Evangelist, North Rigton (view 1).
  • The Church of St. John the Evangelist, North Rigton (view 2).
  • St. Peter's Church, Sicklinghall.
  • The Roman Catholic Church, Sicklinghall.
  • St. Mary's Church, Stainburn.

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Kirkby Overblow.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Stainburn.

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 Kirkby Overblow 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:
  • (SE245490) Braythorn
  • (SE333483) Barrowby
  • (SE300512) Bunkers Hill
  • (SE359467) Carlshead House
  • (SE341466) Chapel Hill
  • (SE344474) Clap Gate
  • (SE315500) High Snape
  • (SE327497) Low Hall
  • (SE327474) Low Barrowby
  • (SE337484) Lund Head
  • (SE356473) Paddock House
  • (SE285498) Rigton Lodge
  • (SE366474) Sicklinhall House
  • (SE370483) Skerry Grange
  • (SE279488) Spout House
  • (SE315481) Swindon Lodge

Societies

• This parish is covered by the following Society:
  • Harrogate and district Family History Society