Everingham, East Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Everingham, a township and a parish in the E.R. Yorkshire, on a head stream of the river Foulness, 5 miles W by N of Market Weighton, with a station on the N.E.R., and a post and money order office under York; telegraph office, Holme. Acreage, 2981; population, 276. Everingham Park is the seat of Lord Herries, J.P., who is lord of the manor and owner of all the land except the glebe. The mansion is a spacious building erected about a century ago, and has a large Roman Catholic chapel in the Classic style, attached, containing a curiously carved font, supposed to be Saxon. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York; gross value, £350 with residence. The church of St Everilda is an old building in the Norman style, partially restored in 1871. There is a Roman Catholic school, erected in 1871, supported by Lord Herries.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Everingham Blessed Virgin Mary | |
| Poor Law union | Pocklington | |
| Riding | East | |
| Wapentake | Harthill |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with various Archives, Local Studies, and Family History Societies have the following parish records online for Everingham:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1653-1905 | 1756-1900 | 1653-1930 | 1601-1913 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Everingham from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Everingham (Blessed Virgin Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the East Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Everingham are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following East Riding newspapers online: