Helperthorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Helperthorpe, a village, a township, and a parish in the E.R. Yorkshire, 5 miles from Weaverthorpe station on the N.E.R., and 12 NNW of Great Driffield. Post town and money order office, Weaverthorpe, under York; telegraph office, Sherburn. Acreage, 2593; population, 189. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; gross value, £200 with residence. The church was built in 1875, and a N aisle was added in 1893; it has a tower.
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 | Helperthorpe St. Peter | |
Poor Law union | Driffield | |
Riding | East | |
Wapentake | Buckrose |
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 Helperthorpe:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1734-1915 | 1754-1899 | 1733-1929 | 1794-1794 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Helperthorpe from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Helperthorpe (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 Helperthorpe 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: