Place:Stainburn, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

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NameStainburn
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates53.93°N 1.62°W
Located inWest Riding of Yorkshire, England     ( - 1974)
Also located inYorkshire, England    
North Yorkshire, England     (1974 - )
See alsoKirkby Overblow, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandancient parish in which it was a township
Claro Wapentake, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandearly county division in which it was located
Wharfedale Rural, West Riding of Yorkshire, Englandrural district 1894-1974
Harrogate District, North Yorkshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
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Stainburn (#24 on the map) is now a civil parish and a village in the Harrogate District of North Yorkshire, England, 10 miles (16 km) north of Leeds. The population of the civil parish was estimated by West Yorkshire Council at 120 in 2015.

St Mary's Church is one of Stainburn's main attractions, offering fine views over Wharfedale. The church is a Grade I listed building, currently being under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

In 1848, Stainburn was a village with houses distributed all around the Norman style chapel. It consisted of:

"2900 acres of land alongside the property of F. H. Fawkes, Esq., lord of the manor. Whilst the land was considered valuable for cultivation, the tithes were introduced for land purposes within the religious organisation. Bequests (acts of giving) were implemented for the poor people of the village". (Source: Lewis, Samuel. A Topographical Dictionary of England.)

The following description from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 is provided by the website A Vision of Britain Through Time (University of Portmouth Department of Geography).

"STAINBURN, a township-chapelry, with two hamlets, in Kirkby-Overblow parish, [West Riding of] Yorkshire; near Weeton [railway] station, and 4 miles NE by E of Otley. Post town: Otley. Acres: 2,910. Real property: £2,605. Population: 243. Houses: 41. The living is a [perpetual] curacy in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £66. Patron, the Rector of Kirkby-Overblow. There is a parochial school."

Stainburn was originally a chapelry in the ancient parish of Kirkby Overblow in the Claro Wapentake. From 1894 until 1974 it was a civil parish in the Wharfedale Rural District. It was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire in 1974. One of the hamlets mentioned in Wilson's Gazetteer was Braythorn; the other was undecipherable on the map.

NOTE: Kirkby Overblow and Weeton were in Wetherby Rural District and hence are not on the map.

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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.
  • The above three maps indicate the boundaries between parishes, etc., but for a more detailed view of a specific area try a map from this selection. The oldest series are very clear at the third magnification offered. Comparing the map details with the GENUKI details for the same area is well worthwhile.
  • 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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