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The Ancient Parish of DUNNINGTON
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"DUNNINGTON, a parish in the wapentake of Ouse and Derwent, and liberty of St. Peters; (the seat of J. Mortimer Baines, Esq.) 4 miles E. of York. The high road here divides the East from the North Riding, the church (see Churches for photograph), of which the Earl of Bridgewater is the patron, and the Rev. Edward Jones the rector, is dedicated to St Nicholas; here is also a Methodist chapel Pop. 551.""GRIMSTON, in the parish of Dunnington, wapentake of Ouse and Derwent, and liberty of St. Peter's; 1¾ miles WSW. of Dunnington, 3 miles E. of York. Pop. 73."
[Description(s) edited mainly from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson. ©2010]
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- Photographs of the over 590 gravestones in Dunnington Churchyard with linked surname index.
- Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Nicholas' Church, Dunnington (view 1). (With short history).
- Internal view looking down the aisle
- The font
- St. Nicholas' Church, Dunnington (view 2).
- The former Methodist Church, Dunnington. (With short history).
- St. Nicholas' Church, Dunnington (view 1). (With short history).
- Transcript of the entry for Dunnington in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Dunnington.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the East Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the The Post Office Directory of the, East and North Ridings, 1857
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1892. of the East Riding.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1892 History and Directory of the East Riding.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Dunnington to another place.
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- 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.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE669526 (Lat/Lon: 53.965161, -0.981751), Dunnington which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- The World War I Memorial Plaque in the Church at Dunnington.
- The 1914-18 Memorial Plaque in Dunnington Church.
- This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies: