Great Edstone, North Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Edstone, Great, a village, a township, and a parish in the N.R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the river Dove, 2½ miles SSE of Kirby-Moorslde station on the Gilling and Pickering branch of the N.E.R., and 7 W by S of Pickering. Acreage, 1286; population, 104. The parish contains also the township of North Holme, and its post town is Kirby-Moorside (R.S.O.) Acreage, 1832; population, 128. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; net value, £193 with residence. The church is good, and there is a Wesleyan chapel.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with various Archives, Local Studies, and Family History Societies have the following parish records online for Great Edstone:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1557-1878 | 1754-1809 | 1572-1916 | 1558-1879 |
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 Great Edstone 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 North Riding newspapers online: