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The Ancient Parish of KIRBY WISKE
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"KIRBY WISKE, a parish in the wapentake of Gilling East, and liberty of Richmondshire; 4 miles WNW. of Thirsk. Here is a Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, patron, the Duke of Northumberland. Pop. 197." (There is further information for Kirby Wiske).
Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.
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[Description(s) edited mainly from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson. ©2010]
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- Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. John the Baptist's Church, Kirby Wiske. (The Church's website is here.)
- Internal view looking down the nave
- The East Window
- The font, bell ropes and west window
- St. John the Baptist's Church, Kirby Wiske.
- St. Michael and All Angels' Church, Maunby. (The Church's website is here.)
- Internal view looking down the aisle
- The Methodist Church, Maunby. Built in 1855, in 1857 became part of the United Methodist Free Church. (With short history).
- Newby Wiske former Methodist Church, Newby Wiske.
- St. John the Baptist's Church, Kirby Wiske. (The Church's website is here.)
- Transcript of the entry for Kirby Wiske in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Kirby Wiske.
- The List of Clergy in St. John's Church, Kirby Wiske.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the North Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1890. of the North 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 1890 History and Directory of the North Riding.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Kirby Wiske 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 SE379849 (Lat/Lon: 54.258374, -1.419717), Kirby Wiske 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 II Memorial plaque in St. John's Church, Kirby Wiske.
- This parish is covered by the following Society: