West Witton parish registers: Dates and current locations etc.

West Witton parish registers: Dates and current locations etc.

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The place:

A parish in the wapentake of Hang West; 4 miles from Leyburn, 5 from Middleham, 12 from Richmond, 46 from York. Population 519. The Church, a peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, in the deanery of Catterick, diocese of Chester.

Deposited Registers (North Yorkshire County Record Office)

• Baptisms: 1576-1869
• Marriages: 1576-1846
• Burials: 1576-1898

Bishop's Transcripts:

• 1663, 1674, 1678, 1680, 1689, 1690, 1692-1699, 1701-1703, 1707-1710,1715-1718, 1721, 1723, 1725-1730, 1732, 1733, 1735, 1737, 1738, 1740- 1752, 1754-1758, 1760-1817, 1819, 1821-1838, 1840-1846, (all at West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds).

IGI Coverage:

• C 1725-1869;
• M 1726-1846

Transcripts and Indexes:

1. CMB 1571-1665; Typed transcript, no index; North Yorkshire County Record Office
2. CMB 1665-1696; Typed transcript, with index; Cleveland Family History Society (purchase).

Please note: For an explanation of the abbreviations and the meaning of those dates which are in italics, please see the Yorkshire Parish Registers main page.

The above register information was correct when the book was published (1998). However registers may be moved from one Register Office to another. If you know that any of the above data is incorrect, please drop me a line via the link at the bottom of this page.

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