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West Riding

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The Ancient Parish of TANKERSLEY

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]

"TANKERSLEY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles S. of Barnsley, 6½ from Rotherham, 7 from Penistone, 43 from York. Pop. 625. The Church, is a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £26. 0s. 2½d. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam."

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

Birdwell Bromley Conduit House Finkle Street Hermit Hill Howbrook

Northorpe Pilley Twigenbury Wharncliffe Lodge Wortley

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
  • St. Peter's Church, Tankersley.
  • St. Leonard's Church, Wortley.
  • St. Paul's Church, Pilley, view 1.
  • St. Paul's Church, Pilley, view 2.
  • The (new) Methodist Church, Birdwell (the old one was demolished due to subsidence).
  • The Methodist Church, Pilley.
    • Internal view looking down the nave

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Tankersley.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Wortley.
• The Sheffield Indexers have transcribed baptism registers for St. Leonard's, Wortley. Please see:
  • Index of Baptisms

Description and Travel

• Here is a photograph of the main Sheffield to Barnsley road, Birdwell.

Directories

• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer, Vol II, West Riding.

Gazetteers

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Tankersley to another place.
• There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts..
• There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, Yorkshire extracts..
• There is further information about this parish from the Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750, 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 Tankersley and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Memorial Inscriptions

• A transcription of the World War I Memorial Stones in the Gate at St. Leonard's Church, Wortley.

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:
  • (SK341993) Upper Tankersley

Societies

• This parish is covered by the following Society:
  • Barnsley FHS