Extraparochial, Yorkshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1835.

EXTRAPAROCHIAL:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1835.

"EXTRAPAROCHIAL, a parish in the wapentake of Extraparochial."

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"ARGAM, an extra-parochial place in the wapentake of DICKERING, East riding of the county of YORK, 5 miles N.W. from Bridlington, containing 35 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, united to the perpetual curacy of Bridlington, in the archdeaconry of the East riding, and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £4. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is desecrated."

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"BRINDLEYS, an extra-parochial liberty, in the Holme-Beacon division of the wapentake of HARTHILL, East riding of the county of YORK, 3 miles N.W. from Howden, containing 7 inhabitants."

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"CHEAPSIDES, an extra-parochial liberty, in the wapentake of HOWDENSHIRE, East riding of the county of YORK, 5 miles E. from Howden. The population is returned with Scalby."

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"GARRISON SIDE, a liberty (extra-parochial), locally in the county of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull, East riding of the county of YORK, containing 173 inhabitants."

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"KIRKHAM, an extra-parochial liberty, in the wapentake of BUCKROSE, East riding of the county of YORK, 5 miles S.S.W. from New Malton, containing 7 inhabitants. A priory of Augustine canons was founded, in 1121, by Sir Walter LEspec, Knt., and Adelina his wife, and dedicated to the Holy Trinity, the revenue of which, at the dissolution, was estimated at £300. 15. 6.: the ruins of this splendid establishment stand in a delightful vale watered by the Derwent; the fine Gothic tower, covered with ivy, was blown down in 1784; the remaining vestiges are the northern part of the gate, with fragments of the walls."

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"LITTLE KELK, an extra-parochial liberty, in the wapentake of DICKERING, East riding of the county of YORK, 5 miles N.E. from Great Driffield, containing 51 inhabitants."

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"NEW VILLAGE, an extra-parochial liberty, in the Hunsley-Beacon division of the wapentake of HARTHILL, East riding of the county of YORK, 2 miles S.W. from North Cave, containing 149 inhabitants."

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"SUNK ISLAND, an extra-parochial district, in the southern division of the wapentake of HOLDERNESS, East riding of the county of YORK, 20 miles E.S.E. from Kingston upon Hull, containing 216 inhabitants. Here is a small chapel, in the patronage of the Archbishop of York, also a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. This island has been gradually recovered from the Humber; a century ago it comprised only eight hundred acres, but it now contains five thousand, in a high state of cultivation, and more is expected to be embanked within a very short period. It was originally two miles from the opposite shore, and vessels formerly passed through the channel, which is now so narrow as to be crossed by a bridge to the main land."

[Transcribed by Mel Lockie © from
Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835]