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"Harrogate Records"
by Walter Kaye

CD ROM version
produced by Colin Hinson ©

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For sample pages, please see the links to the Acrobat (pdf) files given below.

The data on this CD rom is computer searchable.

In order to give you a better idea of the information in the book the following items are available on line:

A short review of the book (below).
A transcription of the Surnames Index of Harrogate Christ Church Registers
A transcription of the Surnames Index of Knaresborough Parish Registers
A transcription of the places Index of the book
A transcription of the Contents of the book (below)
An Acrobat pdf file containing the Title page, the Contents and the first 3 pages of the book (large file).

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The contents of the book are as follows:

Introduction
- The Pro-Reformation Chantry, St. John's Chapel and Christ Church ;
- List of Chaplains, Incumbents and Organists ;
- Pannal Church-Incumbents and, Accounts ;
- Bells ;
- Briefs ;
- Notes on the Appendices ;
- Early History of Harrogate Waters ;
- Who discovered the Tewit Well ;
- Acknowledgments
Harrogate (Christ Church) Parish Registers (1748-1812)
Index of Names, Places, and Other Matters ..
Harrogate and Bilton Entries in Knaresborough Registers (1587-1751)
Extracts from Knaresborough Registers (1560-1753)
Addenda to Christ Church Registers
- Harrogate Parish Accounts ;
- Description of Registers ;
- Foundation of St. John's Chapel, 1743;
- Terriers of Harrogate Chapel ;
- Commission to Lord Loughborough ;
- References in the Diocesan Registry, Chester ;
- Harrogate Inscriptions at Knaresborough ;
- Longevity in the Parish ;
- Correction to tho Register ;
- Letter from Sir William Slingsby, 1594;
- Extracts from Knaresborough Parish Accounts ;
- Letters from the Rev. R. Mitton;
- Letter from the Rev. A. Cheap;
- Plans
Extracts from Pannal Parish Accounts (c. 1660-1750)
Appendices:-
- I., Local Names, temp. Edw. III., 1332-1367;
- II., Early instances of the Name Harrogate, 1332-1627;
- III., Local landowners and householders, c. 1475;
- IV., Unlawful Hunting in Knaresborough Forest, 1482;
- V., Muster Rolls, 1523, 1534, 1538, 1568;
- VI., Survey of Knaresborough Forest, 1561;
- VII., Hearth Tax, 1676;
- VIII., Indictments at Quarter Sessions, 1637-1761;
- IX., Local Recusants, 1674-8;
- X., Roll of Excuses for not serving the King in France, c. 1415;
- XI., Extracts from Parish Accounts of Clint (1647-1729)
List of Subscribers
Index

A short review by Elaine Pickard:

"Names & More Names"......

The CD "Harrogate Records 1560-1812" by Walter Kaye (1923) that Colin Hinson has released, is a much needed addition to the supply of records for both the family historian and local history buff.

Though Harrogate is believed to be a "NEW" town it is amazing to read that there is mention of it as far back as 1332.

The extracts from the PR's of both Christ Church, Harrogate (1758) & Knaresborough (1560) will thrill family historians. The Pannal Parish Extracts give many names of presumed local people which will be of interest to Pannal researchers.

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