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The Ancient Parish of WALES

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]

"WALES, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of St. Peter; 7 miles from Worksop, (Notts.) 7½ miles S. of Rotherham, 9 from Sheffield, 55 from York. Pop. 277. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. John, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p.r. £75. 1s. 2d. Patron, the Duke of Leeds."

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"WALES WOOD, a hamlet in the township of Wales, and parishes of Wales and Treeton; 5½ miles from Rotherham, 9 from Sheffield."

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
  • The Church of St. John the Baptist, Wales.
  • The Methodist Church, Wales.

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Wales.
• The following transcriptions are transcriptions of transcriptions originally done in 1988 by Wath and Mexborough Archives. These documents have many typographical errors and so we cannot vouch for the acuracy in the original transcription. If you find anything of interest here, please be sure to check the original Parish Registers source material.
  Transcriptions by Jack Parry of:
  • The Baptism Registers for Wales Parish:
    • 1580-1609, 1610-1629, 1630-1649, 1650-1669, 1670-1699, 1700-1719, 1720-1739, 1750-1769,
    • 1740-1749, 1770-1779, 1780-1789, 1790-1799, 1800-1809, 1810-1819, 1820-1829, 1830-1839,
    • 1840-1849, 1850-1859, 1860-1869, 1870-1874.
  • The Marriage Registers for Wales Parish:
    • 1569-1609, 1610-1629, 1630-1649, 1650-1739, 1740-1779, 1780-1829, 1830-1869, 1870-1879,
    • 1880-1889, 1890-1899, 1900-1909, 1910-1920,
  • The Burial Registers for Wales Parish:
    • 1580-1609, 1610-1629, 1630-1650, 1651-1729, 1730-1749, 1750-1769, 1770-1789, 1790-1799,
    • 1800-1809, 1810-1819, 1820-1839, 1840-1849, 1850-1859, 1860-1869, 1870-1879, 1880-1918.

Description and Travel

• Paul Newbold has set up a "A photo tour and a brief history" of Wales with Kiveton Park.

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 Wales 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..

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 Wales and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Memorial Inscriptions

• A transcription of the War Memorial at Wales.

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:
  • (SK464835) Wales Bar
  • (SK457835) Waleswood

Societies

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