The Ancient Parish-Church of Linton

The Rev. F. A. C. Share, M. A. (Rector of Linton) edited a careful transcription of the Linton parish records for his parishioners, which he published in September, 1900. This is a substantial 5-volume work, including baptisms, marriages, burials, historical items, etc. It was privately printed for the Yorkshire Parish Register Society for its subscribers, and includes a gazetteer of the deanry, and several other indices, including surnames, occupations, and house names. You can read the Rev. Share's preface to Volumes 1 and 2 HERE , and the preface to Volumes 3, 4, and 5 can be read HERE . You can view a photo of page one of the register by clicking HERE.

Click the following link to see a photo of The Ancient Parish-Church of Linton, courtesy of Roy Wrathall and Bill Wrathall (via postcards).

The preferred spelling "Wrathall" was equated with the variant spellings Rothall, Waythall, Wrathal, Wrathell, Wrathoe, Wrathoo, Wrathow, Wraythall, Wrethea, Wreathey, and Wrethall. The surname "Rathmell" and its equivalents were excluded from these variants and was given a separate index entry, but there are some indications that it is actually the original spelling. The surname index has the following page entries for given names of the Wrathall variants, rearranged in chronological order.

These are lists of more than 400 Wrathall given names, so to find the name and/or date of interest, use the "FIND" button at the top of your browser screen.

Click HERE for Volume 1.

Click HERE for Volume 2.

Click HERE for Volumes 3, 4, & 5.
In connection with the Linton Parish records, Peter Fattorini, a researcher and historian who is webmaster of St. Margaret Clitherow's Church in Threshfield, forwarded the following info in 1998:
I [recently] discovered a reference to a Wrathall. My wife is involved in a local archeology study and I was copying some details of a map (dated 1795) showing local field systems and their owners. A number were owned by Mr A. Wrathall or Ant. Wrathall (presumably Anthony). These fields were all in and around the villages of Linton and Threshfield.
This is the Anthony Wrathall born in Linton in 1772, who was active in the Church from 1795 to 1812, and who was son of Henry (Yeoman) and nephew of William (Gentleman). This portion and era of the Wrathall family was apparently quite well-to-do. Perhaps next we will be seeing minor nobility or even royalty appearing in the line.

Peter visited the Linton church in 1998 to take some photos. He had these comments:
I have taken various photographs at the Church. I think they will cover everything you want. I shot various stained glass windows - did you know that there is a window put in by Robert and Nannie Wrathall in memory of their son Fred, who died aged 19 in 1907? The tall monument next to the one you indicated [in the Linton postcard photo ] is also a Wrathall one and there are some others, but they are hard to read because they are covered in lichen. Linton Churchyard is quite well known for its variety of lichens, including some quite rare examples. It is a sign of very unpolluted air.
You can view one of Peter's photos of the William and Grace Wrathall monument HERE . Other photos of the Linton church taken by Peter include: Other photos by Peter (rescanned Oct 30/99) of Wrathall monuments and the village of Linton include:
Roy Wrathall visited the Linton parish church in 1999, and found that the Wrathall memorial window tied in with some of the gravestones:
I took a careful look at the stained glass window and found that it "links" to the grave you marked on the scan of the Linton church postcard photo . I have updated my web pages to include the windows dedication and the inscriptions from the grave. The text for the Linton grave is at my Wrathall Window page.

I am certain that the Window links with the gravestone in ...... your scan of the Linton postcard. It is a rather unusual gravestone, as it is larger than most of the others in the churchyard and also has a gravelled area over the grave and a stone cross at the foot of the grave. I don't recall any others being at all similar. I may try to find some background on the "Farnhill Hall" which is mentioned on the gravestone. The gravestone implies that the family died out circa 1950.

On a recent trip to Burnsall, I called on Derek Wrathall of Skipton . On my previous visit I gave him a copy of some of the chapters from the story of Stephen Wrathall in Australia and he is now very curious about this line ! [He has a cousin, probably female and not a distant cousin, in Australia]. I also mentioned the Linton gravestone / window and he told me that the farm mentioned on the stone is actually quite close to where he lives - south of Skipton !
In 1998, Bill Wrathall of Inuvik sent two booklets he picked up while visiting the church in Linton:
Derek Wrathall of Skipton has done quite a bit of research on Upper Wharfedale Wrathalls (see Yorkshire Wrathalls ). In 1999 Derek sent a plan of the church in Linton that shows the locations of Wrathalls (and others) who were buried in the church itself or have monuments inside the church; click HERE to view it. The plan of the burials in Linton Church is the work of John Wright, a member of the congregation and an amateur historian.

Derek has also taken some photographs of points of interest in and around the church. Click HERE to view Derek's photo of the Wrathall memorial window.
In Feb. 2009, C. W. Book sent information on scans of the Linton Parish records done by Google Books:
The Publications of the Yorkshire Parish Register Society
THE REGISTERS OF THE PARISH CHURCH for LINTON-IN-CRAVEN, Co. YORK.
TWO VOLUMES, 1562 - 1812.
Vol. I. (1562 - 1779). (Pub. 1900)
Vol. II. (1779 - 1812). (Pub. 1903)
Edited By The Rev. F. A. C. SHARE, M.A., Rector of Linton.
PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR THE YORKSHIRE PARISH REGISTER SOCIETY.
The two links go to the scanned images of the parish registers, which are searchable in some web browsers, but which may cause problems in older browsers.