Place:Cundall with Leckby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameCundall with Leckby
Alt namesCundall-with-Leckbysource: hyphenated
Cundallsource: village in parish, former ancient parish
Leckbysource: hamlet in parish
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates54.148°N 1.352°W
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
North Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoCundall, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish of which it was part
Birdforth Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandwapentake in which it was located
Wath Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district 1894-1974
Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Cundall with Leckby is a civil parish composed of the former ancient parish of Cundall and the small hamlet of Leckby. The civil parish is now in the Harrogate District of North Yorkshire, England. The village is just 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of the River Swale and 3.2 miles (5.1 km) east of the A1(M) motorway.

The nearest settlements are Asenby 2.2 miles (3.5 km) to the north; Dishforth 2.3 miles (3.7 km) to the west and Helperby 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south. The village of Norton le Clay lies 1.7 miles (2.7 km) to the southwest.

The church in Cundall is dedicated to St Mary and All Saints. It is a Grade I listed building that was rebuilt in 1854.

The village is recorded in the UK census of 1821 as having a population of 351. In the 1851 UK census the number of inhabitants was 389 and in the 1881 UK census it was 301. The population had sizeably reduced by the 21st century. In the 2001 UK census the parish had a population of 102 and in the 2011 census it had a population of 128.

Before 1974 Cundall with Leckby was in the Wath Rural District in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Historically Cundall was an ancient parish in the Birdforth Wapentake.

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Research Tips

  • British History Online (Victoria County Histories) do not cover the West Riding of Yorkshire
  • GENUKI has a page on all three ridings of Yorkshire and pages for each of the ecclesiastical parishes in the county. Under each parish there is a list of the settlements within it and brief description of each. The list is based on a gazetteer dated 1835 and there may have been a number of alterations to the parish setup since then. However, it is worthwhile information for the pre civil registration era. GENUKI provides references to other organizations who hold genealogical information for the local area. There is no guarantee that the website has been kept up to date and the submitter is very firm about his copyright. This should not stop anyone from reading the material.
  • The FamilyTree Wiki has a series of pages similar to those provided by GENUKI which may have been prepared at a later date from more recent data. The wiki has a link to English Jurisdictions 1851 which gives the registration district and wapentake for each parish, together with statistics from the 1851 census for the area.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time, Yorkshire West Riding, section "Units and Statistics" leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from about 1800 through 1974. There are pages available for all civil parishes, municipal boroughs and other administrative divisions. Descriptions provided are usually based on a gazetteer of 1870-72.
This is by far the most complete history of the parishes of the North Riding to be found online. The volumes are divided into sections by wapentake (early divisions of the county) and the parishes within each wapentake follow in alphabetical order. The links above open to the indexes covering all the wapentakes in the volume.
  • GENUKI has a page on all three ridings of Yorkshire and pages for each of the ancient or ecclesiastical parishes in the county. Under each ancient parish there is a list of the settlements (townships and chapelries) within it and brief description of each. Many of these secondary settlements became civil parishes during the latter half of the 19th century.
These notes are based on a gazetteer dated 1835 and there may have been a number of alterations to the parish setup since then. However, it is worthwhile information for the pre civil registration era. GENUKI provides references to other organizations who hold genealogical information for the local area. There is no guarantee that the website has been kept up to date and the submitter is very firm about his copyright, but this should not stop anyone from reading the material.
  • The FamilyTree Wiki has a series of pages similar to those provided by GENUKI which may have been prepared at a later date. The wiki has a link to English Jurisdictions 1851 which gives the registration district and wapentake for each parish, together with statistics from the 1851 census for the area.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time, Yorkshire North Riding, section "Units and Statistics" leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from about 1800 through 1974. There are pages available for all civil parishes, municipal boroughs and other administrative divisions which also include historical population and area statistics. Descriptions provided are usually based on a gazetteer of 1870-72.
  • Map of the North Riding divisions in 1888 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
  • Map of North Riding divisions in 1944 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
  • Another provider of maps is the National Library of Scotland. In this index the Scottish provision precedes the English one, but the choice of maps for England is still quite vast.
  • Yorkshire has a large number of family history and genealogical societies. A list of the societies will be found on the Yorkshire, England page.
  • In March 2018 Ancestry announced that its file entitled "Yorkshire, England: Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1873" has been expanded to include another 94 parishes (across the three ridings) and expected it to be expanded further during the year. The entries are taken from previously printed parish registers.
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