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The Ancient Parish of WEST WITTON
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"WEST WITTON, a parish in the wapentake of Hang West, & liberty of Richmondshire; 4 miles WSW. of Leyburn. The church is a modern structure, of which the Rev. Jeffery Wood, is the curate; the living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of Lord Bolton: here is likewise a Catholic chapel. There is immediately on the north side of this village, a beautiful piece of ground commonly called the Gill, situated on the side of a hill, surrounded by a natural walk or promenade, the highest part of which is finely sheltered by trees arising out of the rocky side of it, which have a grand and imposing appearance. About the centre is a small waterfall, which adds greatly to the beauty of the scene. Population, 519.The Church of West-Witton was early bestowed on the house of Jerveaux, but never appropriated. In an ancient taxation of the archdeaconry of Richmond, S.D. it is classed among the chapels, and subject only to the payment of iiis. for Peter pence. It was, however, dependant on no other church, and though now endowed as a perpetual curacy only, is strictly parochial. --Whitaker."
"TEMPLE, a farm house in the township and parish of West-Witton; 6 miles from Leyburn, 7 from Middleham."
"WANLASS, 2 farm houses in the township and parish of West-Witton; ¾ mile N. of West Witton, 3½ miles from Leyburn, 5 from Middleham."
[Description(s) edited mainly from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson. ©2010]
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- Please see Christine Amsden's Census pages for the following Census transcriptions:
- West Witton: 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1891, 1901
- Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Bartholomew's Church, West Witton.
- The Methodist Church, West Witton, showing the (old) Wesleyan Sunday School at the left. This chapel has now been closed.
- Transcript of the entry for West Witton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The following entries in the Parish registers for Burials at West Witton have been transcribed:
- Burials 1822 to 1846
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of West Witton.
- Here is a view across across Wensleydale showing West Witton and Penhill.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the North Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1890. of the North Riding.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1890 History and Directory of the North Riding.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from West Witton to another place.
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
- For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
- Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE061884 (Lat/Lon: 54.291189, -1.90779), West Witton which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- This parish is covered by the following Society: