Harswell, East Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Harswell, a village and a parish in E.R. Yorkshire, with a station, called Everingham, on the Selby and Market Weighton branch of the N.E.R., 3½ miles WSW of Market Weighton. There is a post office under York; money order and telegraph office, Holme-on-Spalding Moor. Acreage, 1126; population, 63. The manor, with most of the property, belongs to the Slingsby family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of York;- gross value, £200 with residence.
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 | Harswell St. Peter | |
| 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 Harswell:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1653-1903 | 1711-1809 | 1671-1919 | 1659-1905 |
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Harswell from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Harswell (St. Peter))
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 Harswell 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: