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The Ancient Parish of REIGHTON
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"REIGHTON, a parish in the wapentake of Dickering; 2½ miles SE. of Hunmanby. The living is a discharged vicarage, of which the Rev. John Strickland is the incumbent, and Sir William Strickland, Bart. the patron. The Church is dedicated to St. Peter (see Churches for photograph) It was formerly a chapel to Hunmanby, to which it still pays a small sum annually towards repairs, &c. Pop. 217.""DOTTRELL INN, a public house in the township and parish of Reighton; ¼ mile S. of Reighton, 5 miles from Bridlington."
[Description(s) edited mainly from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson. ©2010]
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- Photographs of the Churchyard and the gravestones at Reighton with linked surname index.
- Here is a photograph of St. Peter's Church, Reighton.
- Internal view looking down the aisle
- The font
- The former Methodist Church, Reighton, now a private dwelling.
- See also Doreen Laycock and Lisa Blosfelds's pictures of the Church and Churchyard
- Lisa Blosfelds has transcribed the Reighton and Speeton parish magazines for 1893 to 1913.
- Transcript of the entry for Reighton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Lisa Blosfelds has transcribed the Reighton and Speeton parish magazines for 1893 to 1913.
- An Introduction to the Parish Records for Reighton by Lisa Blosfelds
- Transcriptions by Lisa Blosfelds of:
- The Baptism Registers for St. Peter's Church, Reighton:
- The Marriage Registers for St. Peter's Church, Reighton:
- The Burial Registers for St. Peter's Church, Reighton:
- The Parish Registers for St. Peter's Church, Reighton:
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Reighton.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the East Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1892. of the East Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the The Scarborough Gazette of 1905,
- 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 Bulmer's 1892 History and Directory of the East Riding.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Reighton to another place.
- Lisa Blosfelds has transcribed the Reighton and Speeton parish magazines for 1893 to 1913.
- The Land and Property information is now on a separate page.
- 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 more 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 TA130753 (Lat/Lon: 54.161081, -0.270891), Reighton 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 World War I and II Memorial in St. Peter's Churchyard, Reighton.
- See Doreen Laycock and Lisa Blosfelds's pictures of Reighton Church and Churchyard
- 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:
- (TA133761) Moor House
- The Rules for farming at Reighton and Speeton for 1727 transcribed by Lisa Blosfelds and presented as a pdf document. A list of ale sellers and Reighton and Speeton 1754-98, compiled by Lisa Blosfelds.
- A transcription of the Reighton and Speeton Board School Records, 1877-1903 in Adobe pdf format.
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- A list of Hearth Tax payers for Reighton and Speeton, 1672
- The 1834 Electoral Roll for this parish