Hensall, West Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Hensall, a township in Snaith parish, and an ecclesiastical parish formed from Rellington and Snaith parishes, W.R. Yorkshire. The township lies adjacent to the river Aire, and to a branch of the L. & Y.R., 3 miles WNW of Snaith, and has a station, with telegraph, on the railway, and a post office under Goole; money order office, Snaitb. Acreage, 1331; population, 305. The ecclesiastical parish includes Heck township, bears the name of Hensall-cum-Heck, and was constituted in 1855. Population, 557. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; net value, £115 with residence. Patron, Viscount Downe. The church was built in 1854, at the expense of the late Viscount Downe. There is also a Wesleyan chapel.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
| Civil parish | Snaith | |
| Riding | West | |
| Wapentake | Osgoldcross |
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 Hensall:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1854-1920 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Hensall from the following:
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 Hensall 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: