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The Ancient Parish of BROMPTON BY SAWDON
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"BROMPTON BY SAWDON, a parish in the wapentake and liberty of Pickering Lythe; (the seat of Sir George Cayley, Bart.) 8 miles SW. of Scarborough.Brompton has one of the most beautiful, elegant, and capacious village churches in Yorkshire (see Churches for photograph); it is dedicated to All Saints; the living is a vicarage, and the patron Sir G. Cayley, Bart. Pop. 516." (There is further information for Brompton By Sawdon).
"SAWDON, in the liberty of and parish of Brompton by Sawdon, wapentake and liberty of Pickering Lythe; 1¾ miles N. of Brompton by Sawdon, 8 miles WSW. of Scarborough. Population 139."
"SNAINTON, in the parishes of Brompton by Sawdon and Ebberston, wapentake and liberty of Pickering Lythe; 1½ miles E. of Ebberston, 8 miles E. of Pickering. About a quarter of a mile from the village is Stainton New Inn, a large posting house. Pop. 603. (see also Churches)"
"TROUTSDALE, (a dale), in the parish of Brompton by Sawdon, wapentake and liberty of Pickering Lythe; 4 miles NNW. of Brompton by Sawdon, 10 miles NE. of Pickering. Pop. 45."
"WYDALE, (or Weedale) scattered houses in the parish of Brompton by Sawdon, wapentake and liberty of Pickering Lythe; 10 miles E. of Pickering."
[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:
- All Saints' Church, Brompton by Sawdon.
- Internal view looking down the aisle
- Looking across the nave
- The font
- The ex-Wesleyan Chapel, Sawdon.
- St Stephen's Church, Snainton.
- The Methodist Church, Snainton.
- All Saints' Church, Brompton by Sawdon.
- Transcript of the entry for Brompton by Sawdon in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Snainton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Brompton by Sawdon.
- 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 White's Directory of 1840, Yorkshire section.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1890. of the North 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 1890 History and Directory of the North Riding.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Brompton By Sawdon to another place.
- 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 SE944822 (Lat/Lon: 54.226826, -0.553478), Brompton By Sawdon 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 Plaque in All Saints Church, Brompton by Sawdon.
- The Memorial Plaque to Sir George Cayley, the great grandson of 'The father of Aeronautics'.
- This parish is covered by the following Society: