Hide
--- TEST SYSTEM --- TEST SYSTEM --- TEST SYSTEM ---
Hide
Rowley
hide
Hide
hide
Hide
Hide
The Ancient Parish of ROWLEY
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"ROWLEY, a parish in the wapentake of Harthill; 3½ miles ENE. of South Cave. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a small neat building and the living, which is a vicarage, in the gift of the Hildyard family, is enjoyed by the Rev. Robert Croft. Population, 425."Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.
|
[Description(s) edited mainly from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson. ©2010]
Hide
- Photographs of the over 280 gravestones in Rowley Churchyard with a surname index.
- Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- St. Peter's Church, Rowley, during renovations August 2006.
- Internal view looking down the aisle
- The East Window
- The font
- St. Peter's Church, Rowley.
- The Methodist Church, Little Weighton.
- St. Peter's Church, Rowley, during renovations August 2006.
- Transcript of the entry for Rowley in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Rowley.
- The List of Vicars in St. Peter's Church, Rowley.
- The List of Rectors in St. Peter's Church, Rowley.
- 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.
- 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 Rowley 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 SE975328 (Lat/Lon: 53.782405, -0.521756), Rowley 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 Roll of Honour in St. Peter's Church, Rowley.
- The World War II Roll of Honour in St. Peter's Church, Rowley.
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- The 1834 Electoral Roll for this parish