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The Ancient Parish of THORNHILL

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"THORNHILL, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 2 miles S. of Dewsbury, 6 from Wakefield, 9½ from Huddersfield, 35 from York. Pop. 1,932, the Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, £40. Patron, the Hon. and Rev. J. Lumley Saville." (There is further information for Thornhill).

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

Briestfield Fall House Flockton Gettingley Hill Top Lees Hall Middlestown Nether Midgley

Netherton New Hall Over Midgley Overton Smithy Brook Thornhill Lees Whitley Lower

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
  • St. Michael and all Angels' Church, Thornhill (view 1).
  • St. Michael and all Angels' Church, Thornhill (view 2, a photo mosaic).
  • The Methodist Church, Thornhill.
  • St. Mary's Church, Whitley Lower (view 1).
  • St. Mary's Church, Whitley Lower (view 2).
  • The Wesleyan Chapel, Briestfield.
  • St. James Church, Flockton.
  • The Methodist Church, Flockton.
  • The Zion Independent Church, Flockton - built 1902.
  • The Church of the Holy Innocents, Savile Town.
  • The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Thornhill Lees.
  • The Primitive Methodist Church, Lees Hall Road, Thornhill Lees.
  • The Primitive Methodist Chapel, Thornhill.
  • The Church of the Good Shepherd, Thornhill Edge (Anglican).
  • The Particular Baptist Church, Thornhill Edge.
• The following Churches have their own websites:
  • St. Michael and all Angels' Church, Thornhill

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Flockton.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Thornhill.

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 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 Thornhill 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:
  • (SE228171) Briestfield
  • (SE247190) Combs
  • (SE249154) Flockton Green
  • (SE235185) Fox Royd
  • (SE271147) Midgley
  • (SE244185) Overthorpe
  • (SE245207) Saville Town
  • (SE252180) Thornhill Edge

Societies

• This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies:
  • Huddersfield and District FHS
  • Wakefield and district FHS