Bentley, East Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Bentley, a small village in Rowley parish in the E.R. Yorkshire, 2 miles SSW of Beverley, which is also the railway station. A handsome church, with site, was presented to the village by Mr C. E. S. Cooke.
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 | Rowley | |
| 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 Bentley:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1898-1914 | 1898-1930 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Bentley from the following:
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 Bentley 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 East Riding newspapers online: