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This section encompasses individual research and contacts via alphabetical lists of names which are being researched:

SURNAMES:  A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

If you would like to be included in the lists please email enquiries@knaresborough.co.uk and include the names which you are researching (with a date range if applicable), locations (within the area around Knaresborough to Ripon in the north, Harrogate in the west, Leeds in the south and York to the east), plus an email address where enquirers may contact you. You may include a short message to be posted with your listing.

Research has also been carried out on individual families important in the town's history:

 
 

Conrad Plowman has very kindly offered to look up details of certain family names in "The History and Topography of Harrogate and the Forest of Knaresborough" by William Grainge, first published in 1871. Families for which there is a significant amount of genealogical information are:

PLACE NAME
Birstwith Greenwood, Smith, Jowett
Blubberhouses Frankland, Wardman, Rev. Robert Collier
Castley Castelay
Clint Beckwith, Admiral Long, William Mountaine
Dunkeswick Insula or de l'Isle
Felliscliffe Smith
Fewston Frankland, Fairfax, Parkinson
Great Timble Hardisty
Hampsthwaite Bilton, Wilson, Thackeray, Peter Barker, John Parker
Harrogate Sheepshanks, Stockdale, Watson
Killinghall Pulleine, Strother, Leavens
Lindley Lindley, Palmes
Menwith-with-Darley Leuty, Day
Norwood Bramley, Moorhouse, Smithson, Fairfax, Hardisty, Jack Hill
Pannal Tankerd, Dougill, Herbert, Bentley, Man, Torre, Wright
Plumpton Plumpton, Paver
Thornthwaite-with-Padside Wigglesworth
Thruscross John Demaine
Swinden Bethell
There are many other names mentioned, e.g. early owners, lists of vicars for Pannal and Fewston, and extracts from parish registers. Email Conrad for help: conrad.plowman@ntlworld.com

See also Knaresborough Wills for local wills which also contain many other local names in the area - from sixteenth century.

See also 19th Century Directories in the History section for information on names, addresses and occupations in Knaresborough at intervals through the century.

The Knaresborough parish records are held at the North Yorkshire County Record Office, Malpas Road, Northallerton; contact number to book an appointment is 01609 777585.

Harrogate Library holds census records for Harrogate District 1841 - 1891, the International Genealogical Index (IGI) with baptism and marriage details, and some printed parish register transcripts. Telephone number(01423) 502744. Victoria Avenue, Harrogate.

You might also find some useful information on the War Memorial and other articles in the Knaresborough History section.

Information on area registration offices: www.northyorks.gov.uk/weddings/offices.asp

Information for local Archives: N Yorks at www.northyorks.gov.uk or west yorks www.archives.wyjs.org.uk/

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