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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: