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The Ancient Parish of HUDDERSFIELD

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"HUDDERSFIELD, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Halifax and Dewsbury, 12¾ from Penistone, 13 from Wakefield, 14 from Bradford, 16 from Leeds, 18 from Barnsley, 24 from Manchester, (Lanc.) 39 from York, 189 from London. Market, Tuesday, for woollen cloth, provisions, &c. Fairs, May 14 and 15, and October 4, for pedlary ware, &c. Bankers, Old Bank, Messrs. Dobson and Sons, draw on Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co. 2, White Hart Court, Gracechurch Street; Messrs. Buckley, Roberts, and Co, draw on Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co. 43 Lothbury, Mr. Shakespear G. Sikes, draws on Messrs. Frys and Chapman, Mildred's Court, Poultry; Messrs. J.W. and C. Rawson, and Co. draw on Jones, Loyd, and Co. 43, Lothbury. Principal Inns, Rose and Crown, George Inn, Swan with two Necks, Pack Horse, and Ramsden Arms. Pop. 13,284. The Church is a Vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanery of Pontefract, value, ~£7. 13s. 4d. Patron, Sir John Ramsden, Bart." (There is further information for Huddersfield).

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

Bay Hall Birchencliffe Birkby Bradley Bradley Hall Clay Moor Deanhead Deighton Edgerton Fartown Getley Royd

Golcar Greenhead Heath House Intack Head Lightridge Lindley Longroyd Bridge Longwood Longwood House Marsden Marsh

Milnsbridge House Olers Paddock Quarmby Scammonden Sheepridge Slaithwaite Spring Wood West Wood White Lee Woodhouse

Cemeteries

• Here are photographs of Cemeteries in the parish:
  • Edgerton Cemetery.

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
  • Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield.
  • St Thomas's Church, Huddersfield.
  • Inside St. Stephen's Church, Lindley (interior view).
  • St. John's Church, Golcar.
• Roger Gill has photographs of St. Peter's Church, Huddersfield on his website.
• The following Churches have their own websites:
  • St. Stephen's Church, Lindley
  • Lindley Methodist Church.
  • Huddersfield Christian Fellowship

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Golcar.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Modern Parish of Huddersfield Holy Trinity.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Modern Parish of Huddersfield St Paul.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Huddersfield.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Longwood.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Paddock.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Scammonden.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Slaithwaite.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Wood House.

Description and Travel

• Garry Stockdill's Yorksview website contains a description and photographs of Huddersfield.
• ic Huddersfield.

Directories

• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Baines's Directory and Gazetteer Directory of 1822.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Pigot's Directory of 1829.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Pigot's Directory of 1834.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in White's Directory of 1837.

Gazetteers

• An index of the Huddersfield streets, lanes, roads, etc. transcribed from Whites 1853 Directory and Gazetteer.
• There is further information about this parish from Pigot's 1829 Directory Yorkshire section.
• There is further information about this parish from Pigot's 1834 Directory Yorkshire section.
• There is further information about this parish from White's 1837 Gazetteer, History and Directory of the West Riding.
• 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 Huddersfield 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:
  • (SE134181) Birkby
  • (SE068192) Bottomley
  • (SE154197) Brackenhall
  • (SE055144) Bradshaw
  • (SE057165) Camp Hill
  • (SE122165) Cliff End
  • (SE085160) Clough Head
  • (SE137189) Cowcliffe
  • (SE032124) Hey Green
  • (SE105165) Leymoor
  • (SE118181) Lindley
  • (SE102174) Longwood Edge
  • (SE126171) Marsh
  • (SE115157) Milnsbridge
  • (SE096181) Mount
  • (SE144195) Netheroyd Hill
  • (SE092172) Nettleton Hill
  • (SE116173) Oakes
  • (SE081171) Outlane Moor
  • (SE068159) Pole Moor
  • (SE124184) Prince Royd
  • (SE105174) Salendine Nook
  • (SE088165) Scapegoat Hill
  • (SE082174) Slack
  • (SE098179) Snow Lea
  • (SE094149) Wellhouse
  • (SE068148) Wilberlee

Newspapers

• The Huddersfield Daily Examiner.

Societies

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