Silkstone parish

Silkstone parish registers, Barnsley Chapelry: Dates and current locations etc.

The place:

A Chapelry and market town in the parish of Silkstone, wapentake of Staincross, Liberty of Pontefract; 8 miles from Penistone, 10 from Wakefield, 12 from Rotherham, 14 from Sheffield and Pontefract, 15 from Doncaster, 18 from Huddersfield, 38 from York, 176¾ from London. Population 8,284. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, under Silkstone.

Deposited Registers (WYAS, Wakefield)

• Baptisms: 1568-1952
• Marriages: 1569-1974
• Burials: 1568-1924

Bishop's Transcripts:

• 1600-1602, 1604, 1605, 1607-1610, 1612-1617. 1620, 1622-1624, 1627-1640, 1660-1668, 1671, 1672, 1676, 1678, 1680, 1683, 1685, 1688, 1689, 1691, 1692, 1694, 1696-1698, 1700-1831, (1848*)
  * At WYAS, Leeds

IGI Coverage:

• C 1568-1812, 1813-1831;
• M 1568-1812, 1813-1831

Transcripts and Indexes:

1. CB 1568-1790; M 1568-1808; TNI; YAS
2. M 1569-1683; 1703-1724; TI; BMI; SOG, YCL

Please note: For an explanation of the abbreviations and the meaning of those dates which are in italics, please see the Yorkshire Parish Registers main page.

The above register information was correct when the book was published (1998). However registers may be moved from one Register Office to another. If you know that any of the above data is incorrect, please drop me a line via my error reporting form.