Place:Haxby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameHaxby
Alt namesHaxbysource: from redirect
TypeChapelry, Civil parish
Coordinates54.017°N 1.067°W
Located inNorth Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
North Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoStrensall, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish in which it was a chapelry
Bulmer Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandwapentake in which it was located
Flaxton Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district of which the parish was a part 1894-1974
Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, Englandadministrative district in which it was located since 1974
York, Yorkshire, Englandunitary authority of which it has been a part since 1996
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Haxby (#8 on map) is now a civil parish and a town within the unitary authority of City of York, on the River Foss, five miles (8 km) north of the centre of York and south of Strensall (#20), in North Yorkshire, England. Before 1974 it was part of the North Riding of Yorkshire. Haxby is bordered on the east by the River Foss, and to the west by the village of Wigginton (#26), whose expansion has caused the two settlements to form a continuous urban environment. To the south is the garden village of New Earswick (#14) and the York Outer Ring Road, the (A1237). There is open farmland to the north as far as the villages of Sutton on the Forest (#19) and Strensall.

"Haxby" is a Norse place-name and translates as "Farmstead or village of a man called Hákr". It is formed from a Norse personal name and the Old Scandinavian word , meaning "farmstead, village or settlement". Haxby was recorded as Haxebi in the Domesday Book of 1086. The town is now primarily a dormitory for commuters to nearby towns and cities, though local service industries provide employment opportunities.

According to the 2011 UK census the parish had a population 8,428. Before 1996 Haxby was part of the Ryedale District and prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, it was part of Flaxton Rural District. Haxby was not a separate parish. Initially it was divided between the parishes of Strensall and Driffield. Once St. Mary's Church was built in the 16th century it became a chapelry to the parish of Strensall and in 1862 became a civil parish in its own right.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Haxby.

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Research tips

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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