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Bedale

Wright:

During the 1790s, this family moved into Bedale.  Some of the men of this family worked as curriers and leather cutters.  

Ann WRIGHT,   1813

David WRIGHT,   1845

Elizabeh WRIGHT,    1836

Elizabeth WRIGHT,    1809

Elizabeth WRIGHT,   1852

Henry WRIGHT ,   1805

Henry WRIGHT,    1811

Henry WRIGHT,   1832

Jane WRIGHT,    1828

John WRIGHT ,   1799

John WRIGHT ,   1829

John WRIGHT,    Abt 1850

Maria WRIGHT,    1847

Mary WRIGHT,    1798

Mary WRIGHT,    1802

Mary WRIGHT,    1843

Robert WRIGHT,    1842

Sarah WRIGHT,    1807

Sarah WRIGHT,    1834

Thomas WRIGHT,    1796

Thomas WRIGHT,    1838

Thomas WRIGHT,    Abt 1828

William WRIGHT,    1804

William WRIGHT,    1840



Yorkshire Counties Contact

Bedale is a market town in North Yorkshire.  It was awarded its charter in 1251.

Also born here:

Anne Sophia BAILEY,   23 Dec 1874

William BAILEY,  Abt 1800

William Thomas BAILEY,  1873

John DACRE,  Abt 1863

Thomas DIXON,  Abt 1841

Jane HODGSON,  Abt 1814



Other Parishes


Whitton:

Some of the men of this family were butchers.  Some are also mentioned in the memoirs of another inhabitant of Bedale.  

George WHITTON,  1694

George WHITTON,  1771

George WHITTON,  1836

Margaret WHITTON,  1769

Margaret WHITTON,  1842

Mary WHITTON,  1774

Robert WHITTON,  1666

Simon Barnett WHITTON,  1837

Thomas WHITTON,  1865

William WHITTON,  1738

In the News………..1888

The Kirklington Manslaughter Case - George Whitton charged.

In the News………..1870

Thomas Whitton in accident at Leeming Bar.  

In the News………..1890

William Whitton victim of theft.

In the News………..1915

The Diamond Wedding Anniversary of Mr and Mrs Thomas Kirby.

Kay:

The head of this family worked as a currier and later became an innholder.  Many of these children died when young.

Anne KAY,    1745

Christopher KAY,    1747

Elizabeth KAY,    1752

Ellen KAY,    1740

Ellen KAY,    1758

George KAY,    1741

John KAY ,   1744

Richard KAY,    1742

Richard KAY,    1748

Simeon KAY,    1738

Thomas KAY,    1750


Dinsdale:

Listed below are the children of a flax dresser.  They are related to the Kay family of the same place.   

Eleanor DINSDALE,   1776

Elizabeth DINSDALE,    1779

George DINSDALE,    1778

Grace DINSDALE,    1778

Mary DINSDALE,    1789

Simon DINSDALE,    1788

Thomas DINSDALE,    1783

William DINSDALE,    1781

William DINSDALE,    1786