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The Ancient Parish of BRAYTON

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"BRAYTON, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; 1 mile S. of Selby, 7 from Snaith, 11 from Pontefract, 16 from York. Pop. 253. The Church (see Churches for photograph) is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Wilfrid, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, ~£7. 14s. 4½d. Patron, the Hon. E. Petre."

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"BARLOW, in the parish of Brayton; wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles SE. of Selby, 5 from Snaith, 13 from Pontefract. Pop. 175."

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"BURN, in the parish of Brayton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash; 3 miles S. of Selby, 7 from Snaith, 8 from Pontefract. Pop. 238."

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"BURTON HALL, a single house in the township of Gateforth, and parish of Brayton; 3 miles S. of Selby."

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"GATEFORTH, in the parish of Brayton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash; 5 miles SW. of Selby, 6 from Ferrybridge, 8 from Pontefract. Pop. 192."

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"HAMBLETON, in the parish of Brayton, wapentake of Barkston Ash; (Hambleton House, the seat of Samuel Smith, Esq.) 3½ miles SW. of Selby, 7 from Ferrybridge, 9 from Pontefract. Pop. 488."

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"LUND, a hamlet in the township of Gateforth, and parish of Brayton; 4 miles SW. of Selby."

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"THORPE WILLOUGHBY, in the parish of Brayton, wapentake of Barkston-Ash, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles WSW. of Selby, 9 from Ferrybridge, 11 from Pontefract. Pop. 144."

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
  • St. Wilfrid's Church, Brayton.
  • The Methodist Chapel, Brayton.
  • St. Mary's Church, Hambleton.
  • St. Mary's Church, Hambleton.
  • The Methodist Church, Hambleton.
  • The Wesleyan Sunday School, Hambleton, opened 1876.
  • The Methodist Church, Burn, opened 1894, originally Wesleyan.
  • The Anglican Methodist Church, Thorpe Willoughby.
  • The Chapel of Ease, Barlow.
  • The ex-Methodist Chapel, Barlow, now a private house.
• The following Churches have their own web site:
  • St. Wilfrid's Church, Brayton
  • The Anglican Methodist Church, Thorpe Willoughby
  • The Chapel of Ease, Barlow

Church Records

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

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 Brayton and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Memorial Inscriptions

• A transcription of the War Memorial Plaque of St. Wilfrid's Church, Brayton.

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:
  • (SE556298) Hambleton Hough

Societies

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