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The Ancient Parish of WOODKIRK

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"WOODKIRK, (or Westerton), now known as West Ardsley, a parish in the Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield, 4½ miles NW. of Wakefield, 3 from Dewsbury, 9¾ from Bradford. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, p.r. £150. Patron, the Earl of Cardigan. Pop. 1,515."

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"DUNNINGLEY, 2 or 3 farm-houses in the township of West Ardsley and parish of Woodkirk, liberty of Wakefield, 6 miles NW. of Wakefield and Dewsbury."

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"LEE FAIR GREEN, (Upper and Lower), in the township of West Ardsley, and parish of Woodkirk, Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley; 3 miles from Dewsbury, 6 from Leeds. No Market. Fairs, August 24, and September 17, for horses, horned cattle, &c. These fairs are held on a Common adjoining. Upper Lee Fair Green is now simply Upper Green (2008)."

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"TINGLEY, a hamlet in the township of West Ardsley, and parish of Woodkirk; (Tingley House, the residence of the Rev. W. Wood) 4½ miles from Wakefield, 5 from Leeds."

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"WESTERTON HALL, cotts, in the township of West Ardsley and parish of Woodkirk; 4 miles NW. of Wakefield."

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
  • St. Mary's Church, Woodkirk.
  • Tingley Methodist Church, Tingley.
  • The Methodist Church (ex Ebenezer), West Ardsley.
  • The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Nativity, West Ardsley.
• The following Churches have their own websites:
  • St. Mary's Church, Woodkirk

Church Records

• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Woodkirk.
• The Morley & District FHG publish the following typed indexes:
  • Baptisms 1743-1786
  • Marriages 1650-1742
  • Marriages 1743-1837
  • Burials 1600-1917

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 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 Woodkirk 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:
  • (SE279245) Beggarington Hill
  • (SE265268) Birks
  • (SE283243) Haigh Moor (formerly Common Side)
  • (SE279254) Upper Green

Societies

• This parish is covered by the following Society:
  • Morley and District FHG