Allerston, North Riding of Yorkshire

Historical Description

Allerston, a village, a township, and a parish in the N.R. Yorkshire. The parish lies near the river Derwent, ½ mile from Wilton station on the branch of the N.E.R., and 6 miles E of Pickering, the post town and telegraph office; Thornton-le-Dale, 2½ miles distant, is the money order office. Acreage, 10,043; population, 373. The living is a vicarage, annexed to that of Ebberston, in the diocese of York; joint gross yearly value, £293 with residence, in the gift of the Archbishop of York. The church, which is ancient and in the Norman style, was thoroughly restored in 1882. Cross-cliff is a hamlet in this parish.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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 Allerston:

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Allerston from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Allerston (St. Mary))

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the North Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Allerston are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following North Riding newspapers online:

• York Herald
• Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough
• Yorkshire Gazette
• Yorkshire Evening Press
• Whitby Gazette