Sharow, West Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Sharow, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Ripon parish, W.R. Yorkshire. The township lies 1½ mile E of Ripon station on the N.E.R. It has a post office under Ripon; money order and telegraph office, Ripon. Acreage, 723; population, 466. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The ecclesiastical parish was constituted in 1829. Population, 931. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Ripon; net value, £270 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. The church is in the Perpendicular style.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with various Archives, Local Studies, and Family History Societies have the following parish records online for Sharow:
Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
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1825-1914 | 1864-1909 | 1826-1889 |
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the West Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Sharow 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 West Riding newspapers online: