Halifax parish

Halifax parish registers: Dates and current locations etc.

The place:

A parish and market town, in Morley division of Agbrigg and Morley, Liberty of Wakefield; 8 miles from Bradford and Huddersfield, 10 from Dewsbury, 12 from Keighley and Todmorden, 16½ from Rochdale (Lancs), 18 from Leeds, 42 from York, 197 from London. Population, including St. James and Holy Trinity 12,628. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the deanery of Pontefract.

Deposited Registers (WYAS, Wakefield)

• Baptisms: 1538-1977
• Marriages: 1538-1981
• Burials: 1538-1937

Bishop's Transcripts:

• 1600, 1601, 1604, 1626-1628, 1631-1640, 1661-1673, 1675, 1676,1683-1685, 1688, 1689, 1691, 1693-1718, 1720-1777, 1780-1786, 1788, 1790-1846, (1847-1869, 1871-1879*)
  * At WYAS, Leeds

IGI Coverage:

• C 1538-1593, 1720-1847;
• M 1538-1593, 1720-1800, 1800-1837

Transcripts and Indexes:

1. CMB 1538-1541; TNI; In the parish magazine; BIHR
2. CMB 1541-1542; TNI; "Yorkshire Notes and Queries", Vol 2; BIHR
3. CMB 1543-1593; TNI; "Yorkshire County Magazine"; SOG
4. C 1538-1593; PTI; YPRS 37; YAS, BIHR
5. C 1813-1832, 4 vols; TI; CFHS
6. MB 1538-1593; PTI; YPRS 45; YAS, BIHR
7. M 1538-1593; TI; BMI; SOG, YCL
8. M 1754-1837, 29 vols; TI; CFHS
9. B 1813-1834, 2 vols; TI; CFHS

Please note: For an explanation of the abbreviations and the meaning of those dates which are in italics, please see the Yorkshire Parish Registers main page.

The above register information was correct when the book was published (1998). However registers may be moved from one Register Office to another. If you know that any of the above data is incorrect, please drop me a line via my error reporting form.