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The Ancient Parish of WENSLEY
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"WENSLEY, a parish in the wapentake of Hang West, and liberty of Richmondshire; 1½ mile W. of Leyburn. Wensleydale, the valley which derives its name from this village, is of considerable width, lying between two ranges of hills, is adorned with several villages, and watered by the river Ure. The situation of Wensley is delightful; sheltered by a long ridge of hills, alternately wood and rock to the north, and gently elevated above the bank of the Ure, it overlooks a plain of high fertility, beyond which an irregular and pleasing tract of cultivated grounds, woods and pastures, ascends before the eye and terminates in the bold and purple form of Penhill to the south: upward the landscape is at once soft and magnificent, and the opening of Bishopdale, where it falls into the vale of Ure, affords, by its depth and mountain character, a fine contrast to the luxuriant groves and meadows of the latter." (There is further information for Wensley).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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- A book about the Wensleydale Railway by Tony Eaton is available.
- Please see Christine Amsden's Census pages for the following Census transcriptions:
- Castle Bolton: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901
- Leyburn: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901
- Preston under Scar: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901
- Redmire: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901
- Wensley: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901
- Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- Holy Trinity Church, Wensley.
- Internal view looking down the nave
- Two of the fonts
- Remains of the third font
- St. Mathew's Church, Leyburn (view 1).
- Internal view looking down the nave
- The font
- St. Matthew's Church, Leyburn (view 2).
- The Methodist Church, Leyburn. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Wensleydale Evangelical Church, Leyburn, ex Congregational church, was Community Centre in 2001.
- St. Oswald's Church, Castle Bolton.
- Internal view looking down the nave
- looking up the nave towards the west window
- The font
- St. Oswald's Church, Castle Bolton.
- The Methodist Church, Castle Bolton.
- St. Margaret's Mission Chapel, Preston under Scar.
- Internal view looking down the nave
- The font
- St. Mary's Church, Redmire.
- Internal view looking down the nave
- The font
- Holy Trinity Church, Wensley.
- and 3 views of Holy Trinity churchyard, Wensley:
- A transcript of Leyburn Congregational Church History
- Transcript of the entry for Wensley in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Castle Bolton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Redmire in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The a short history of the Church in St. Margaret's Church, Preston under Scar.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Bolton cum Redmire.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Wensley.
- The list of Vicars in St. Mary's Church, Redmire.
- The list of Rectors in Holy Trinity Church, Wensley.
- The list of the Incumbents of Castle Bolton in St. Oswald's Church.
- Here are photographs of Wensley:
- Cottages and the green, Wensley (view 1).
- Cottages and the green, Wensley (view 2).
- 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 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 Wensley 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 SE093896 (Lat/Lon: 54.301926, -1.858593), Wensley 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 St. Mathew's Church, Leyburn.
- The World War II Memorial Plaque in St. Mathew's Church, Leyburn.
- The World War II Memorial plaque in St. Mary's Church, Redmire.
- The Memorial Chapel Plaque in Holy Trinity Church, Wensley.
- The World War I Memorial Plaque in Holy Trinity Church, Wensley.
- The World War II Memorial Plaque in Holy Trinity Church, Wensley.
- The World War I Memorial Plaque in St. Oswald's Church, Castle Bolton.
- The World War I Memorial Plaque in St. Oswald's Church, Castle Bolton.
- The WWI Roll of Honour in the Church at Leyburn.
- Dave Stringer-Calvert's partial extraction of Redmire and Castle Bolton wills in the Richmondshire Wills Index.
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- The Redmire Land Tax Returns 1759-1837 have been transcribed by Dave Stringer-Calvert.