Middleton Tyas, North Riding of Yorkshire

Historical Description

Middleton Tyas, a village, a township, and a parish in the N.R. Yorkshire. The village stands 3 miles NNW of Scorton station on the N.E.R., and 5½ NE of Richmond, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Richmond. The township includes Kneeton, and comprises 3202 acres; population, 474. The parish contains also the township of Moulton. Population, 709. Middleton Lodge, Morris Grange, Gatheriey Ca&tle, Moulton Hall, West Hall, and East Hall, are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon; gross value, £5 70 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Ripon. The church is very ancient, has a chancel, nave, and aisles, and a tower with spire, and was restored in 1867. There is also a Wesleyan chapel.

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 Middleton Tyas:

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Middleton Tyas from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Middleton-Tyas (St. Michael))

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 Middleton Tyas 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