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The Ancient Parish of CAMPSALL

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"CAMPSALL, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; (the seat of the Rev. E.B. Frank,) 8 miles N. of Doncaster and Pontefract, 9 from Ferrybridge, 30 from York. Pop. 389. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, in the deanry of Doncaster, value ~£16. 16s. 8d. p.r. !£120. Patron, Cook Yarbrough, Esq.

Of this place was Richard Frank, Esq. F.R.S. Recorder of Pontefract and Doncaster, a polite scholar, and a lover of Antiquities. He died May 22, 1762, aged 60. His valuable collections, including those of Dr. Johnston, a Physician at Pontefract, (which came into his hands on the death of the author's grandson, Henry Johnston) were, in 1780, in the hands of the late Bacon Frank, Esq. nephew and heir to the Recorder. --Nichol's Anecdotes."

Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.

Askern Barnsdale Lodge Camps Mount Fenwick Haywood

Moss Norton Norton Priory Sutton

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
  • The Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Campsall (view 1).
  • The Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Campsall (view 2).
  • St. Peter's Church, Askern (view 1).
  • St. Peter's Church, Askern (view 2).
  • The Methodist Church, Askern.
  • The Roman Catholic Church, Askern.
  • The Church (now a house), Haywood (view 1).
  • The Church (now a house), Haywood (view 2).
  • The Methodist Church, Norton.

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Campsall.

Directories

• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Baines's Directory and Gazetteer Directory of 1822.

Gazetteers

• There is further information about this parish from National Gazetteer 1868 Yorkshire extracts.

Maps

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• For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
• For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
• Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
• View maps of Campsall and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Names (Geographical)

• The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
  • (SE556132) Instoneville

Societies

• This parish is covered by the following Society:
  • Doncaster and District FHS