England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Rise All Saints

The Parish

The parish of Rise is located in the East Riding of Yorkshire about 4 miles east of the market town of Beverley and 11 miles northeast of the port of Hull. Rise is sited just adjacent to the B1243 which connects Skirlaugh to Sigglesthorne and thence to Hornsea. There is not much of a village to Rise, a few farms and cottages plus the estate of its eponymous Hall. This was a "closed" parish with most of the land controlled by the Lord of the Manor who acted to restrict movement into the parish, the result is a mere hamlet. Rise is only about 5 1/2 miles from Yorkshire's eastern coastline, the crumbling sandy coast between Hornsea and Withernsea of Holderness, Rise is sited at no more 20 metres above sea level in a broad plain drained largely by man-made ditches and dykes. The parish is a typical size for a lowland parish, about 2,000 acres, but due to its land ownership only supported a population of around 180 parishioners. Rise has been around for a long time, it receives no fewer than 5 separate entries in Domesday Book but these merely record the prior ownership than giving details of its assets. Much of the land was previously in the hands of Knut.

The Church

All Saints' church is sited in the grounds of the hall as befits a closed parish. The present building is, however, a Victorian replacement from the mid 1840s. The church has the standard layout of western tower, chancel and nave, the tower being topped by a pseudo-broach spire. Pevsner clearly does not feel it has any great architectural merits as he dismisses the building in a mere 4 lines. The church is sited to the south of the minor lane which branches off the B1243 at the notional centre of the parish. The church is almost totally screened from the road by mature deciduous trees, access is via a short track to wooden gates. The graveyard is bordered by a low ashlar wall similar to the material used in the church.