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The Ancient Parish of FISHLAKE
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"FISHLAKE, a parish-town, in the lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 2 miles W. of Thorne, 8 from Snaith and Doncaster, 31 from York. Pop. 723. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £13. 3s. 9d. p.r. !£67. Patron, the Dean and Chapter of Durham.""ASSON THORPE, in the township of Sykehouse, and parish of Fishlake; 4 miles NW. of Thorne, 7½ from Snaith."
"FOSTERHOUSES, a hamlet in the township and parish of Fishlake; 2½ miles from Thorne, 7 from Snaith."
"MAWSON GREEN, a farm-house in the township of Sykehouse, and parish of Fishlake; 4 miles from Thorne."
"SMALLHEDGE, a farm-house in the township and parish of Fishlake; 4 miles NNW. of Thorne, 9 from Snaith."
"SYKEHOUSE, a township, in the parish of Fishlake, lower-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 3 miles n. of Thorne, 7 from Snaith, 11 from Doncaster. Pop. 551. Here is a Chapel of Ease to Fishlake."
"THORNING HURST, a farm-house in the township and parish of Fishlake; 4 miles from Thorne, 7½ from Snaith."
"TYTHE DALE, a farm-house in the township and parish of Fishlake; 4 miles NW. of Thorne, 7½ from Snaith."
"WESTFIELD HOUSE, a farm-house in the township and parish of Fishlake; 4 miles W. of Thorne, 7½ from Snaith."
"WORMLEY HILL, 2 or 3 farm-houses in the township of Sykehouse, and parish of Fishlake; 4 miles N. of Thorne, 7½ from Snaith."
[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2013]
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- Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. Cuthbert's Church, Fishlake.
- Holy Trinity Church, Sykehouse, view 1.
- Holy Trinity Church, Sykehouse, view 2.
- Transcript of the entry for Fishlake in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Sykehouse in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Fishlake.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer, Vol I, West 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, Yorkshire extracts.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Fishlake 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 SE654133 (Lat/Lon: 53.612178, -1.012935), Fishlake 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 the churchyard at Fishlake
- 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:
- (SE636178) Eskholme
- (SE648135) Far Bank
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.