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The Ancient Parish of ACOMB
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"ACOMB, a parish in the liberty of St. Peter's; 2 miles W. of York. The church is an ancient small structure, and being seated on a dry and elevated situation, a number of families choose it for their place of sepulchre. Here is also a newly erected Methodist chapel, likewise a School, built by voluntary subscriptions of the inhabitants, and vested in certain trustees, upon Dr. Bell's plan of education. Population, 733.""DRINGHOUSES, in the parishes of Acomb, York St Mary Bishophill the Elder, and York Holy Trinity Micklegate, liberty of St. Peter's; 1.5 miles SSW. of York. A pleasant village, in which is a chapel of ease the property of A. S. Barlow, Esq. Pop. 156."
"HOLGATE, in the parish of Acomb, and liberty of St. Peter's; 1 mile SW. of York. In this rural retreat, so well suited to his studying habits, resides the scholar and philanthropist, Mr. Lindley Murray. Population 83.
From this village, a vast quantity of earth was dug, which composes Severus's-Hills. --Drake."
"KNAPTON, in the parishes of Acomb, and York Holy Trinity Micklegate; 8 miles W. of York. Pop. 137."
[Description(s) edited mainly from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson. ©2010]
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- Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Stephen's Church, Acomb (view 1). (With short history). (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Stephen's Church, Acomb (view 2).
- St. Aidan's Church, Acomb. (With short history). (The Church's website is here.)
- The Church of the Holy Redeemer, Acomb. (With short history).
- The Church of St. James the Deacon, Woodthorpe. (With short history).
- The Church of St. Edward the Confessor, Dringhouses (view 1). (With short history). (The Church's website is here.)
- The Church of St. Edward the Confessor, Dringhouses (view 2).
- The Methodist Church, Lidgett Grove. (With short history).
- The West Thorpe Methodist Church, West Thorpe. (With short history).
- Acomb Methodist Church, Acomb. (With short history). (The Church's website is here.)
- The Baptist Church, Acomb. (With short history).
- The Roman Catholic Church, Acomb. (With short history).
- St. Paul's Mission Church, Holgate. This church is now demolished and its street, which was Yarburgh Grove is now St. Paul's Court.
- The Methodist Church, Holgate. (With short history). (The Church's website is here.)
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Holgate. (With short history).
- Transcript of the entry for Acomb in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Acomb.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the North Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1890. of the North Riding.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835,, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1890 History and Directory of the North Riding.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Acomb to another place.
- A few years before 1890, the chapelry of Dringhouses (a part in this parish) was constituted a parish in its own right. See Dringhouses parish.
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
- For a detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
- Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE574504 (Lat/Lon: 53.94653, -1.12695), Acomb which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- The 1914-1918 and 1938-45 War Memorial at Dringhouses.
- The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
- (SE565513) Chapel Fields
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.