Hudswell, North Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Hudswell, a township-chapelry in Catterick and Easby parishes, N.R. Yorkshire, on the river Swale, 1½ mile WSW of Richmond railway station. It includes the hamlets of Thorpe-under-Stone and Brokes, and its post town and money order and telegraph office is Richmond, Yorkshire. Acreage, 3017; population, 223. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Ripon; net value, £122 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Ripon. The church is in the Early English style, and was erected in 1885 in place of an ancient one. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a school with a small endowment, and some charities.
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 | Catterick | |
| Poor Law union | Richmond | |
| Riding | North | |
| Wapentake | Hang-West |
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 Hudswell:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1602-1914 | 1809-1809 | 1601-1930 | 1600-1989 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Hudswell from the following:
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 Hudswell 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 North Riding newspapers online: