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Name | Bishop Monkton |
Alt names | Bishop Monkton | source: from redirect | | Bishop-Monkton | source: Family History Library Catalog | | Monucheton | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 314 | | Monuchetone | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 314 |
Type | Township, Civil parish |
Coordinates | 54.085°N 1.508°W |
Located in | West Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974) |
Also located in | Yorkshire, England | | North Yorkshire, England (1974 - ) |
See also | Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | ancient parish in which it was a township | | Claro Wapentake, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | early county division in which it was located | | Ripon Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | rural district 1894-1937 | | Ripon and Pateley Bridge Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | rural district 1937-1974 | | Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, England | district municipality covering the area since 1974 |
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Bishop Monkton (#3 on the right side of the map) is now a civil parish and a village in the Harrogate District of North Yorkshire, England, about five miles south of Ripon. According to the 2001 UK census it had a population of 775, increasing slightly to 778 at the 2011 UK Census. In 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population to be 760. It is within easy reach of Ripon and Harrogate. Littlethorpe (#16) and Burton Leonard (not on map) are the nearest civil parishes.
Historically, Bishop Monkton was in the ancient and ecclesiastical parish of Ripon in the Lower division of the wapentake of Claro. From 1894 until 1937, Bishop Monkton was located in Ripon Rural District and from 1937 until 1974 in Ripon and Pateley Bridge Rural District. In 1974 the area became part of the Harrogate District.
The settlement is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to the then Archbishop of York. It is thought that in 13th century, the archbishop resided in a manor house in the village, which has since been destroyed.
The village has a church, St John the Baptist, a grade II listed structure that was built in 1878. Bishop Monkton Beck runs eastwards through the middle of the village on its way to the River Ure.
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Pateley Bridge Rural District | Ripon Rural District | Ripon Rural District (cont'd)
| Map No. | Parish | Map No. | Parish | Map No. | Parish
| 1 | Bewerley | 1 | Aldfield | 15 | Lindrick with Studley Royal and Fountains
| 2 | Birstwith | 2 | Azerley | 16 | Littlethorpe
| 3 | Bishop Thornton | 3 | Bishop Monkton | 17 | Markingfield Hall
| 4 | Clint | 4 | Bishopton (until 1900) | 18 | Markington with Wallerthwaite
| 5 | Dacre | 5 | Bridge Hewick | 19 | Newby with Mulwith
| 6 | Fountains Earth | 6 | Clotherholme | 20 | North Stainley with Sleningford
| 7 | Hartwith cum Winsley | 7 | Copt Hewick | 21 | Nunwick cum Howgrave
| 8 | High and Low Bishopside | 8 | Eavestone | 22 | Sawley (near Ripon)
| 9 | Menwith with Darley | 9 | Givendale (near Ripon) | 23 | Sharow (near Ripon)
| 10 | Stonebeck Down | 10 | Grantley | 24 | Skelding
| 11 | Stonebeck Up | 11 | Grewelthorpe | 25 | Skelton on Ure
| 12 | Thornthwaite with Padside | 12 | Ingerthorpe (until 1937) | 26 | Studley Roger
| 13 | Thruscross | 13 | Kirkby Malzeard | 27 | Sutton Grange
| 14 | Warsill | 14 | Laverton | 28 | Winksley
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Research Tips
- GENUKI on Bishop Monkton. The GENUKI page gives numerous references to local bodies providing genealogical assistance.
- The FamilySearch wiki on the ecclesiastical parish of Ripon provides a list of useful resources for the local area.
- A Vision of Britain through Time on Bishop Monkton.
- A Vision of Britain through Time also provides links to maps of the West Riding, produced by the United Kingdom Ordnance Survey, illustrating the boundaries between the civil parishes and the rural districts at various dates. Those listed here provide data for the part of the West Riding that transferred to North Yorkshire in 1974 plus the northern parts of Leeds and Bradford. These maps all blow up to a scale that will illustrate small villages and large farms or estates.
- Ordnance Survey West Riding 1888. The "Sanitary Districts (which preceded the rural districts) for the whole of the West Riding.
- Ordnance Survey Northern part of the West Riding 1900 The rural and urban districts, not long after their introduction. (rural districts of Sedbergh, Settle, Skipton, Pateley Bridge, Ripon, Knaresborough, Great Ouseburn, Clitheroe, Wharfedale, Wetherby, York, Bishopthorpe, Keighley, the northern part of Bradford, the northern part of Leeds, the northern part of Hunslet Urban District, the northern part of Tadcaster Rural District, the northern part of Selby Rural District). [Note: this map appears to be no longer available on the Vision of Britain website. This is unfortunate because the equivalent map from 1931-44 was redrawn after the 1938 reorganization of the rural districts in the northern part of the West Riding.]
- Ordnance Survey Northern part of the West Riding 1944. The urban and rural districts of the northern part of the West Riding (mostly Settle, Skipton, Ripon and Pateley Bridge, and Nidderdale, with sections of Wharfedale and Wetherby) after the revisions of 1938.
Categories: West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Bishop Monkton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Claro Wapentake, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Ripon Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Ripon and Pateley Bridge Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, England | North Yorkshire, England
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