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YORKSHIRE TOWNS:
There are so many Yorkshire families that it is easier to organise them on the site by location.
- Dent and Sedbergh
- The birthplace of Adam Sedgwick and the place most associated with the surname
- Almondbury
- A Siswick stronghold
- Arncliffe
- A large group of Sedgwicks
- Barnsley
- Links to Leeds and Nottinghamshire
- Bedale
- Only one of the families so far
- Bentham
- Some roots may be in Lancashire
- Brantingham
- Roots in Market Weighton
- Brotherton
- Links with Doncaster and Manchester
- Burnsall, Bolton Abbey and Bainbridge
- Links with the Quakers
- Clapham
- Also links to Giggleswick
- Crakehall
- Originated perhaps in Catterick?
- Croft
- Part of family migrated to Durham
- Dewsbury
- Connections to Leeds
- Doncaster
- Migrated around Yorkshire
- Grassington
- Linked to Linton in Craven
- Halifax
- Roots in Skipton?
- Helperby
- Connections with Aldborough and Brafferton
- Hilton
- Just one family so far
- Horbury
- A Siswick stronghold
- Howgill
- Descendants in Westmorland and Lancashire
- Huddersfield
- Another Siswick stronghold
- Joe Siswick of Huddersfield
- Born circa 1826
- Hutton Rudby
- The origins of several families
- Kettlewell
- Also linked to Conistone in Craven
- Leeds
- Many Sedgwick and Sidgwick residents
- Lindley
- Mainly Siswick families
- Malham
- Links to Leeds
- Markington
- Links to Doncaster
- Northallerton
- The area sits in Durham as well as Yorkshire
- Osbaldwick
- Roots in Knaresborough and descendants in York, Otley and Leeds
- Patrick Brompton
- Connections with Leeming, Burneston, Bedale and Crakehall
- Scruton
- Possible connections with Crakehall and Northallerton
- Sheffield
- Connections to many parts of Yorkshire
- Skipton
- Home of several families
- West Witton
- Another important Sedgwick parish
- York
- Links to Durham and Lancashire
- John Wat Sedgwick
- Alleged to be born circa 1147 - line being reresearched
IGI ENTRIES: Births over 5000, Marriages 2199, Deaths 616
See this exciting site for transcripts from various parishes
1851 CENSUS: 725 Resident Sedgwicks, 145 families, 104 'strays'
1861 CENSUS: 883 Resident Sedgwicks, 196 families, 114 'strays'
1871 CENSUS: 864 Resident Sedgwicks, 175 families, 153 'strays'
1881 CENSUS: 1054 Resident Sedgwicks, 227 families, 186 'strays'
1891 CENSUS: 974 Resident Sedgwicks, 208 families, 173 'strays'
1901 CENSUS: 1224 Resident Sedgwicks, ? families, 189 'strays'
CIVIL REGISTRATION DISTRICTS:
About 75 districts - to be added here soon. Try this excellent site if you are researching in Yorkshire from 1837 onwards - YorkshireBMD.
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