Finningley, West Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Finningley, a township and a parish chiefly in Notts and partly in the W.R. Yorkshire. The township is all in Notts,-lies on the G.N.R., 4½ miles N by E of Bawtry, and has a station on the railway. Acreage, 2400; population of the township, 328; of the ecclesiastical parish, 749. The parish contains-also the township of Blaxton, in the W. E. Yorkshire, and the township of Awkley, partly in the W.R. Yorkshire and partly in Notts. It has a post office under Bawtry; money order and telegraph office, Bawtry. The manor belonged to the Frobishers, one of whom was the arctic explorer, Martin Frobisher. Finningley Park, which is in Yorkshire, is the-residence of the Lister family. The living is a rectory in th& diocese of Southwell; net value, £466 with residence. The-church has a pinnacled tower, and was completely restored and reopened in March, 1885. There is a Wesleyan chapeL
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with various Archives, Local Studies, and Family History Societies have the following parish records online for Finningley:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1557-1914 | 1557-1930 | 1557-1987 |
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the West Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Finningley are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- 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 West Riding newspapers online: