England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Skipton lies in western Yorkshire not too far from its border with neighbouring Lancashire. Skipton is located about 25 miles northwest of the city of Leeds and 18 miles northeast of the Lancashire industrial town of Burnley. Skipton is a large market town sitting at the crossroads of two major cross-Pennine road, the A56 running up from Preston and the A65 from Wetherby through to Kendal. Skipton is the main market centre for the fertile area of Craven District as well as being a centre for business and commerce. The rail line from Leeds to Lancaster passes through the town making further growth from commuting to the larger employment centres of Yorkshire fueling further growth and the Leeds to Liverpool canal expanded transport links in the 18th century, a major leisure asset today but a major artery for trade in its day. Skipton has a long history, its name is believed to derive from Sheep town, a reflection of the major landuse hereabouts in early mediaeval times. The Normans created not only a castle but turned much of the surrounding land into a Royal Hunting Forest. Industry grew during the period of this transcript, the first textile mill opening in 1785 fueling a rapid growth in the town's population. Today Skipton's industry is faded away but as a market and centre for commerce in Craven it attracts service and high-tech businesses given the attractive upland surroundings and good transport links. Skipton is drained southeastwards by the river Aire, one of the Pennines major rivers, which heads through the industrial centres and eventually reached the North Sea through the Humber Estuary. Skipton is sited at around 110 metres above the sea, albeit the more modern developments up-slope are up to 50 metres higher. Sitting within the Aire gap within the Pennine range, the area around the town is hilly but not mountainous, local heights within 5 miles range up to almost 400 metres on Elslack Moor and similar hills. Upland Yorkshire parishes are rather large in extent and Skipton parish was one of the largest, it covered almost 30,000 acres and together with its associated chapelries, which incidentally if holding marriages will have their own pages, supported a population which grew in the town from fewer than 2,000 to over 5,000 parishioners during the period of this transcript whilst the wider parish held almost 7,000 folk. In Domesday times Skipton, as a royal hunting forest, was held by King William and its assets were not separately detailed. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 6th May 1754 - 6th December 1795 | North Yorkshire Record Office - Northallerton -
Reference - PR/SKP(HT) 1/24 |
Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
2 | 27th December 1795 - 24th December 1812 | North Yorkshire Record Office - Northallerton - Reference - PR/SKP(HT) 1/25 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
3 | 3rd January 1813 - 6th February 1837 | North Yorkshire Record Office - Northallerton - Reference - PR/SKP(HT) 1/15 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
4 | 7th February 1837 - 19th June 1837 | North Yorkshire Record Office - Northallerton - Reference - PR/SKP(HT) 1/16 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Bolton
Abbey St Mary & St Cuthbert
Fewston St Lawrence |
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Gargrave
St Andrew
Broughton in Craven All Saints |
Fewston
St Lawrence
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Carleton
in Craven St Mary
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Kildwick
St Andrew
Addingham St Peter |
Ilkley
All Saints
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