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The Ancient Parish of ILKLEY

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"ILKLEY, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Skyrack; 6 miles WNW. of Otley and Keighley, 9 from Skipton, 34 from York. Pop. 496. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of Craven, value, ~£7. 13s. 9d. p.r. !£56. 1s. 6d. Patron, George Hartley, Esq." (There is further information for Ilkley).

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

Ausby Ben Rhydding Clay Hill Hanging Stones Holling Hall Langbar Middleton

Moor Houses Nesfield Ramsgill Stockhill Stubham Lodge Wheatley

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
  • All Saints Church, Ilkley (view 1).
  • All Saints Church, Ilkley (view 2).
  • St. Margaret's Church, Ilkley.
  • The Baptist Church, Ilkley.
  • The Methodist and U.R.C. Church, Ilkley (view 1).
  • Christ Church (Methodist/URC), Ilkley (view 2).
  • The Church of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Ilkley.
  • The Quaker's Meeting house, Queens road, Ilkley.
  • St. John the Evangelist's Church, Ben Rhydding (view 1).
  • St. John the Evangelist's Church, Ben Rhydding (view 2).
  • The Methodist Church, Ben Rhydding.
• The following Churches have their own websites:
  • Christ Church (Methodist/URC), Ilkley
  • St. John the Evangelist's Church, Ben Rhydding
  • The Methodist and U.R.C. Church, Ilkley
  • The Quaker's Meeting house, Queens road, Ilkley

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Ilkley.
• A transcription of the Vicars of St Margaret's.
• A transcription of the list of Incumbents for St. John's Church, Ben Rhydding.

Description and Travel

• The Ilkley Pages.
• Garry Stockdill's Yorksview website contains a description and photographs of Ilkley.

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 1834.

Gazetteers

• 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 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 Ilkley and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Memorial Inscriptions

• A transcription of the War Memorial Plaque for the 1914-1918 War.
• A transcription of the War Memorial at Ilkley.
• A transcription of the 1939-45 War Memorial at Ilkley.
• A transcription of the memorial plaques in the church to those who fell in the two world wars.

Societies

• This parish is covered by the following Society:
  • Wharfedale FHG