Yorkshire

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Yorkshire

County town: York

Major towns: North Riding - Northallerton, Middlesborough, Scarborough East Riding - Beverley, Kingston upon Hull West Riding - York, Wakefield, Leeds, Sheffield


"The white rose county" - England's largest county and formerly divided into 3 Ridings, North, East and West, from the word "thriding", meaning "third". It stretches from the coastal area of the North Sea to the Pennines and from the river Humber to the Tees. Fishing and farming are the traditional trades of the east, with iron mining in the north, and coal mining and the textile industries to the west of the county. Home of the Yorkshire pudding, traditionally served separately at the start of the meal, and Black Sheep beer. Artist David Hockney was raised in Bradford. Captain Cook sailed from Whitby to discover the east coast of Australia. Yorkshire has seen many boundary changes over the years and there are several county, city and local metropolitan borough council organisations throughout the region.

A full list of register offices, searchable bmd database and links to the major Yorkshire Genealogy Sites can be accessed through: Yorkshire Births Marriages & Deaths

Register Office Contact Details

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Record Office Lookup Contacts

  • W.Yorkshire Archive Service - BRADFORD. Monthly Tom

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Yorkshire Record Offices


Family History Societies


Libraries


General Countywide
  • Middlesbrough Council: Teesside Archives Teesside Archives is responsible for collecting and preserving archival material from official and private sources in the areas served by the councils of Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland, Stockton and Hartlepool. Historically, the river Tees formed the boundary between North Yorkshire and County Durham. In the 1970's the county of Cleveland was formed which straddled the river, this was then superseded by Teesside. The archives based in Middlesbrough are in effect a full scale records office with all the parish records etc. which you would normally expect to find. Redcar and Cleveland council covers a huge chunk of North Yorkshire, almost as far down as Whitby.
Specific Areas
  • The 1868 Leeds Poll Book . Covers Leeds, Armley, Beeston, Bramley, Burley, Chapel Allerton, Farnley, Headingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Kirkstall, Potternewton, and Wortley.
  • Wolds Wagoners The East Yorks ag labs who used their skills as drivers for the army.
  • Calverley Info The parish church section holds records from the parish churches (Anglican, Church of England) for Idle, Pudsey, Farsley, Stanningley and Calverley. The non-conformist sections holds records for all other denominations (Baptist, Methodist etc).





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