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The Ancient Parish of MASHAM
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"MASHAM, a parish in the wapentake of Hang East, and liberties of St. Peter's and Richmondshire; 6 miles from Bedale, and 10 from Ripon. Market, Wednesday. Fairs, September 17, 18, and 19, for horned cattle, sheep, pedlary-ware, &c. Principal Inn, Kings Head. The Church, peculiar, is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of Catterick, diocese of Chester, value, £30 in the patronage of Trinity College, Cambridge, under which Lord Grantly, as lessee, holds the impropriate rectory. William Danby, of Swinton, Esq. is lord of the manor of Mashamshire, which comprises the whole parish, except the township of Burton-upon-Ure. The population of Masham amounts to 1171." (There is further information for Masham).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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- Please see Christine Amsden's Census pages for the following Census transcriptions:
- Ellingstring: 1841, 1891
- Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Mary's Church, Masham (view 1).
- Internal view looking down the aisle
- St. Mary's Church, Masham (view 2).
- The Methodist Church, Masham, opened in 1892.
- The former Methodist Church, Masham, view 1.
- The former Methodist Church, Masham, view 2.
- The former Baptist Chapel, Masham, view 1 (opened in 1828).
- The former Baptist Chapel, Masham, view 2.
- The former Roman Catholic Church, Masham.
- Wesleyan Chapel, High Ellington, opened in 1877.
- The former Methodist Chapel (1848), Ellingstring, opened in 1848.
- The former Methodist Chapel, Fearby, opened in 1849, now a private house.
- St. Paul's Church, Healey.
- Internal view looking down the nave
- St. Mary's Church, Masham (view 1).
- Transcript of Masham Baptist Church History
- Transcript of the entry for Masham in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Masham.
- Garry Stockdill's Yorksview website contains a description and photographs of Masham.
- 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 Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the White's Directory of 1840, Yorkshire section.
- 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 Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- 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 Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750, 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 Masham to another place.
- In 1849, the parish of Healey was formed out of parts of Masham and Kirkby Malzeard parishes and comprised the townships of Healey (excepting that portion called Sutton), Ellingstring, Fearby, Ilton-cum-Pott, and detached portions of the townships of Ellington, Masham, and Swinton-cum-Warthermarske. See Healey Parish.
- 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 SE224807 (Lat/Lon: 54.221538, -1.657956), Masham 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 War Memorial Plaque in St. Paul's Church, Healey.
- The World War II Memorial plaque in St. Mary's Church, Masham.
- The World Wars I and II memorial in the Churchyard at Masham.
- This parish is covered by the following Society: