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| Name | Kirkby Fleetham with Fencote |
| Alt names | Kirkby Fleetham | source: village in parish | | Great Fencote | source: hamlet in parish | | Little Fencote | source: hamlet in parish |
| Type | Ancient parish, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 54.309°N 1.557°W |
| Located in | North Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974) |
| Also located in | North Yorkshire, England (1974 - ) | | Yorkshire, England |
| See also | Hang East Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | early county division in which it was located | | Bedale Rural, North Riding of Yorkshire, England | rural district 1894-1974 | | Hambleton District, North Yorkshire, England | municipal district of which it has been a part since 1974 |
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Kirkby Fleetham with Fencote (#16 on map) is a civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England. At the UK census of 2011, the population was 560 which included the neighbouring parish of Ainderby Mires with Holtby (#1) which had less than 100 inhabitants.
Kirkby Fleetham with Fencote is made up of three villages or hamlets: Kirkby Fleetham, Great Fencote and Little Fencote. The parish's history goes back to before the Norman Conquest in 1066. A clear line of succession to ownership of the Manor of Kirkby does not emerge again until William Giffard in the thirteenth century, whose demesne lordship subsequently lapsed. The demesne titles were then in the possession of the Stapleton family until 1514 when Sir Thomas Metham let the lands to the Conyers. The heirs of the Methen family sold the manor in 1600 to Leonard Smelt. On the death in 1740 of Leonard Smelt, the Member of Parliament for Northallerton, the manor passed to the Aislabie family who, via the distaff side, held it until 1845. At the turn of the twentieth century it passed to the Courage family.
The manor of Fleetham passed to the Scrope family of Castle Bolton (Leyburn RD) in the thirteenth century. It was passed down that line of descent via Lord Fauconberg and the Darcy family until 1670 when it was conveyed to Richard Smelt, younger brother of the then lord of Kirkby, thus uniting the two manors.
Prior to the nationwide municipal reorganization of 1974, Kirkby Fleetham with Fencote was part of Bedale Rural District in North Riding of Yorkshire, England. Historically, it was an ancient and ecclesiastical parish in the Hang East Wapentake.
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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.
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