Place:Ellerton on Swale, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameEllerton on Swale
Alt namesEllerton upon Swalesource: from redirect
Ellertonsource: shortened form
Ellerton-upon-Swalesource: spelling variation
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates54.377°N 1.608°W
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
North Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoCatterick, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish in which it was a chapelry
Gilling East Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandwapentake in which it was located
Richmond Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district in which it was a civil parish 1894-1974
Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog
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Ellerton on Swale or Ellerton is a small village and civil parish about a mile east of Catterick with a population of 140. It is located in the Richmondshire District of North Yorkshire, England. It is said that it is the birthplace of Henry Jenkins, who died in 1670 and is reported to have lived to an incredible age of 169 years.

The small neighbouring civil parishes of Ellerton on Swale and Bolton upon Swale had a total population of 183 in the 2011 UK census.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Ellerton on Swale from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"ELLERTON-UPON-SWALE, a township in Catterick parish, [North Riding of] Yorkshire; on the river Swale, 1½ mile E by S of Catterick. Acres: 1,609. Real property: £4,479. Population: 153. Houses: 32."

Ellerton on Swale was originally a chapelry in the parish of Catterick but located in Gilling East Wapentake. (Catterick is in the neighbouring Hang East Wapentake.) From 1894 until 1974 Ellerton was a civil parish in Richmond Rural District. In 1974 the North Riding of Yorkshire was abolished and became North Yorkshire. This area is now covered by the Richmondshire District.

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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.
  • The chapter of the Victoria County History, published 1923, dealing with Bolton upon Swale parish.
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