Hi Listers, I normally confine my list questions to Halifax, but I have come across an exception. I have two MALLINSON ladies, mother and daughter, living in Wakefield who report in the censuses that they were born in Hooke near Howden, (now spelled Hook) which I have found near Goole. I thought Goole was East Riding but find curiously that until 1974 it was in the West Riding, and that following further reorganisation, the records for that area are now kept in Beverley. Howdenshire seems to have been the name of a wapentake, but it was pretty small. My question is, does anyone know what the parish church in Hook would have been? Genuki is useful about Howden but has next to nothing on Hook. And from what dates I might expect to find births and marriages recorded there? many thanks Maggie Berry

Howdenshire is on the north bank of the Ouse in the historic East riding and uses the shire suffix because it was an enclave of parishes surrounded by the diocese of York that were under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Durham. His HQ in the shire was Howden Minster, which was built with more of an eye to making a statement than the population's ability to maintain it. These days half is still used as a church and the other half is a ruin. Hooke is on the south bank of the Ouse in the historic parish of Snaith and is in the historic West riding. Snaith was a largish parish that straddled the Aire, and also included Goole at its eastern end. All Yorkshire south of the Ouse from where the Wharfe joins it is in the historic West riding. Hooke was one of a number of chapelries within Snaith parish which kept their own records. The Hooke chapelry is dedicated to St. John. The parish church is the old Snaith priory church and is dedicated to St. Laurence. Goole was an insignificant settlement (mow known as Old Goole) on a loop of the Ouse. In the mid 17th century Cornelius Vermuyden set about draining Hatfield Chase by diverting the northern arm of the Don from it's confluence with the Aire near Rawcliffe by cutting a new channel (the Dutch river) for it to the Ouse at Goole. By dint of it having a swifter flow, this eventually caused the old Aire channel and the Don's southern channel to the Trent to silt up. In 1826, the Aire and Calder navigation opened its new canal between Knottingly and Goole. Part of this project was to lay out a new port to the north of the old Goole settlement. The new port settlement is what is now referred to as Goole, and its importance has eclipsed that of older settlements in the area such as Snaith and Howden. You don't mention what sort of date range you're interested in, but hopefully the above contains something of use. Kushti bok, Chris Westmoreland > -----Original Message----- > From: west-riding-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:west-riding- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of MaggieMole@aol.com > Sent: 13 August 2007 08:50 > To: WEST-RIDING@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WRY] Hook near Howden > > Hi Listers, > > I normally confine my list questions to Halifax, but I have come across an > exception. I have two MALLINSON ladies, mother and daughter, living in > Wakefield who report in the censuses that they were born in Hooke near > Howden, (now > spelled Hook) which I have found near Goole. I thought Goole was East > Riding > but find curiously that until 1974 it was in the West Riding, and that > following further reorganisation, the records for that area are now kept > in > Beverley. Howdenshire seems to have been the name of a wapentake, but it > was pretty > small. > > My question is, does anyone know what the parish church in Hook would have > been? Genuki is useful about Howden but has next to nothing on Hook. And > from > what dates I might expect to find births and marriages recorded there? > > many thanks > Maggie Berry > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.15/949 - Release Date: 12/08/2007 11:03