Pickhill, North Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Pickhill, a township and a parish in the N.R. Yorkshire. The township bears the name of Pickhill-with-Boxby and lies on the river Swale, l½ mile NNE of Sinderby station on the N.E.R., and 6 miles W by N of Thirsk. It has a post office under Thirsk; money order and telegraph office, Kirklington. Acreage, 2184; population of township, 252; of the ecclesiastical parish, 569. The parish contains also the townships of Howe, Ainderby Quernhow, Sinderby, Holme, and Swainby- with-Allerthorpe. The manor belongs to the Kutson family. There is a Saxon camp. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon; net value, £190 with residence. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is ancient, and consists of chancel, nave, and western tower, and was restored in 1877. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
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 | Pickhill All Saints | |
| Poor Law union | Thirsk | |
| Riding | North | |
| Wapentake | Allertonshire |
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 Pickhill:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1571-1851 | 1754-1930 | 1567-1837 | 1576-1880 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Pickhill from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Pickhill (All Saints))
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 Pickhill 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: