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The Ancient Parish of CALVERLEY

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"CALVERLEY, a parish-town, in Morley-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 3 miles N. of Bradford, 7 from Leeds and Otley, 31 from York. Pop. including Farsley, 2,605, which being united, form a township. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Wilfred (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of Bradford, value, ~£9. 11s. 10d. p.r. £140. Patron, the King.

In Calverley, is the ancient hall of a knightly family of that name, who had resided here for about six centuries: it has been a spacious mansion, but is now converted into cottages, &c.; the family chapel adjoining is now a wheelwright's shop. It is memorable, on account of a most tragical event that took place in 1604, and which produced the "Yorkshire Tragedy" ascribed to the pen of Shakespeare, but which, it should seem, has eluded the researches of Mr. Malone. A Prose narrative of this murder is to be met with in Dr. Whitaker's Loidis and Elmete, much too long for our insertion. The estate remained in the family of Calverley till 1754, when Sir Walter Calverley, who had taken the name of Blackett, sold the manor and estate of Calverley to Thomas Thornhill, of Fixby, Esq. by whose heir of the same name and place, it is still possessed.

In the church is a school, built and repaired by the parish: to this school, Mr. Hillary of Leeds, left a small annual donation. A part of the great tithes or Hooton Pagnell and Thorpe Arch, were given by letters patent of Queen Elizabeth, to the poor of this parish, value, about £4. per annum."

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

Bagley Bank Houses Bolton Calverley Bridge Farsley Fulneck Gibraltar Mill

Idle Owlcoats Park Lodge Priesthorpe Pudsey Rodley Stanningley

Stone Stile Thackley Tyresall Wadlands Windhill Wood Hall Hills Wrose

Bibliography

• A transcription of the Calverley information from the book "The History of Pudsey" (1887) by Simon Rayner, transcribed by Jack Parry.

Cemeteries

• Monumental Inscriptions
  • A transcription of Pudsey, St. Paul's MIs
  • A transciption of the MIs for Pudsey, Salem Baptist chapel.
  • An index to the Monumental Inscriptions at Farsley St. John.
  • An index to the Monumental Inscriptions at Stanningley St. Thomas.
• An index to the burials at Stanningley St. Thomas, 1841-2005, by David Simpson
  • Surnames A thru G, H thru Q, R to Z.

Census

• The 1811 census data for Calverley and Farsley townships, both in this parish.
• The transcription of the 1851 census index for Calverley.
• The transcription of the 1851 census index for Farsley.
• The transcription of the 1851 census index for Pudsey.
• The transcription of the 1851 census index for Rodley.
• The transcription of the 1851 census index for Stanningley.
• The transcription of the 1851 census index for Swinnow.
• The transcription of the 1851 census index for Tyersall.
• The transcription of the 1891 census for Idle taken from films RG12 3652 and 3653.
  • ID Numbers 1-1001, 1002-2002, 2003-3000, 3001-4002, 4003-4999, 5000-6000, 6001-7000, 7001-7999
  • ID Numbers 8000-9001, 9002-9999, 10000-11001, 11002-12006, 12007-13002, 13003-13999, 14000-14476
• The transcription of the 1901 census for Idle by Enumeration Districts:
  • ED 11, ED 12, ED 13, ED 14, ED 15, ED 16, ED 17, ED 18, ED 19
• The transcription of the 1891 census for Pudsey by Enumeration Districts:
  • ED 1, ED 2, ED 3, ED 4, ED 5, ED 6, ED 7, ED 8, ED 9, ED 10
  • ED 11, ED 12, ED 13, ED 14, ED 15, ED 16, ED 17, ED 18, ED 19 ED 20 ED 21
• The transcription of the 1901 census for Pudsey by Enumeration Districts:
  • ED 1, ED 2, ED 3, ED 4, ED 5, ED 6, ED 7, ED 8, ED 9, ED 10
  • ED 11, ED 12, ED 13, ED 14, ED 15, ED 16, ED 17, ED 18, ED 19

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
  • St Wilfrid's Church, Calverley.
  • The Methodist Church, Calverley.
  • St. Thomas's Church, Stanningley.
  • St. Paul's Church, Stanningley.
  • Holy Trinity Church, Idle, view 1.
  • Holy Trinity Church, Idle, view 2.
  • The United Reformed Church, Idle.
  • The Baptist Church, Idle.
  • Thorpe Methodist Church, Idle.
  • Leyton Drive Chapel, Idle.
  • The Old Bell Chapel, Idle, now the Stage 84 School of Performing Arts.
  • The Salvation Army, Idle.
  • The National Spiritualist Church, Idle.
  • The Roman Catholic of Our Lady's Immaculate Conception, Fourlands.
  • The Methodist Church, Thackley.
  • The Church of St. Lawrence and St. Paul, Pudsey.
  • The Church of the Latter Day Saints, Pudsey.
  • The ex-United Methodist Free Church, Rodley, now a business premises.
• The following churches have their own websites:
  • St. Thomas's Church, Stanningley
  • The Church of St. Lawrence and St. Paul, Pudsey

Church Records

• Transcriptions by Steve Gaunt of:
  • The 1574 - 1644 Baptisms for Calverley.
  • The 1596 - 1720 Marriages for Calverley.
  • The 1596 - 1720 Burials for Calverley by alphabetical surname. These are also available by date order from David Simpson and Steve Gaunt's Calverley web-site.
• Transcriptions by Jack Parry and David Simpson of:
  • The Baptism Registers for St. Wilfrid's Parish Church, Calverley, 1721-1900:
    • 1721-1740, 1741-1760, 1761-1780, 1781-1800, 1801-1820,
    • 1821-1830, 1831-1840, 1841-1860, 1861-1880, 1881-1900
  • The Marriage Registers at St. Wilfrid's Church, Calverley:
    • 1800-1809, 1810-1819 1820-1829 1830-1837
  • The list of Church Wardens for Pudsey from 1606 to 1887.
  • The Burials at Pudsey Mt. Zion Methodist New Connexion Chapel.
  • The Burials at Pudsey Congregational Church: 1800-1847, 1848-1864, 1865-1967
  • The Baptisms at Pudsey St. Lawrence's Church: 1761-1777, 1777-1780, 1781-1800
  • The Baptisms 1860 to 1925 at Valley Road Methodist Church, Pudsey.
  • The Baptisms 1787 to 1837 at Trinity Church, Pudsey.
  • The Baptisms 1873 to 1954 at Roker Lane Methodist Church, Pudsey.
  • The Baptisms 1841 to 1877 at Hammerton Street Methodist Church, Pudsey.
  • The Baptisms 1843 to 1942 at the Back Lane Methodist Church, Farsley.
  • The Baptisms 1861 to 1950 at the Town Street Methodist Church, Farsley.
  • The Baptisms 1836 to 1958 at the Centenary Methodist Church, Stanningley.
  • The Baptisms 1875 to 1946 at the MethodistEleven Lane Ends Methodist Church, Stanningley.
  • The Baptism Registers for Rodley St. Andrew's
  • The Baptism Registers for Idle Holy Trinity, 1785-1950:
    • 1785-1815, 1815-1824, 1825-1839, 1840-1860, 1860-1866, 1867-1874, 1875-1883,
    • 1884-1891, 1891-1900, 1901-1910, 1911-1920, 1921-1930, 1931-1940, 1941-1950
  • The Burial Registers for Idle Holy Trinity, 1830-1965:
    • 1830-1850, 1850-1864, 1865-1876, 1877-1889, 1890-1903, 1904-1919, 1920-1933, 1934-1947, 1947-1965
  • The Baptism Registers for Stanningley St. Thomas, 1841-1965:
    • 1841-1860, 1861-1870, 1871-1880, 1881-1890, 1891-1900, 1901-1910,
    • 1911-1920, 1921-1930, 1931-1940, 1941-1950, 1951-1960, 1961-1965
• Marilyn Maybury has transcribed some sections of the Parish and Chapel registers for the Calverley and Idle areas.
  • Some of the 1813-1834 Marriages for Calverley, sorted alphabetically by Bride.
  • Some of the 1813-1834 Marriages for Calverley, sorted alphabetically by Groom.
  • An Index to the 1837-1843 Marriages for Calverley, sorted alphabetically by Bride.
  • An Index to the 1837-1843 Marriages for Calverley, sorted alphabetically by Groom.
  • All legible Baptisms and Births recorded at the Parish Church of Calverley for families in the Idle/Thackley/Windhill area 1726 to 1745, with a few additional miscellaneous ones at the end.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Calverley.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Idle.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Pudsey.

Description and Travel

• Garry Stockdill's Yorksview website contains a description and photographs of Calverley.

Directories

• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Baines's Directory and Gazetteer Directory of 1822.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Pigot's Directory of 1829.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Pigot's Directory of 1834.

Gazetteers

• There is further information about this parish from Pigot's 1829 Directory Yorkshire section.
• 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.

History

• The chapelry of Pudsey became a parish in its own right in the year 1878.

Land and Property

• Transcription of the list of Pudsey Landowners for the year 1873. A transcription of an indenture for the use of a Windmill at Pudsey.

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 Calverley and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Memorial Inscriptions

• A transcription of the 1914-18 and 1939-1945 Cenotaph Pudsey.
• A transcription of the 1899 - 1902 War Memorial Farsley.
• Transcription of the names from the Farsley Cenotaph complete with additional details.
• A transcription of the 1914-18 and 1939-1945 War Memorial, Calverley.

Military Records

• A transcription of the list of Pudsey Militia for the year 1803, and the Pudsey supplementary Militia for the year 1809.

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:
  • (SE219353) Farsley Beck Bottom
  • (SE184375) Fourlands
  • (SE206339) Hillfoot
  • (SE175385) Thackley
  • (SE173387) Thackley End
  • (SE238323) Troydale
  • (SE199353) Woodhall Hills

Occupations

• Transcription of the list of Pudsey Constables for the years 1771 to 1845, and the list of Surveyors of Highways for 1770 to 1836.
• A transciption by David Simpson of Pudsey Pub Licencees extracted from "Pudsey Pubs" by Ruth Strong, a friend and local historian who gave her permission to use it here.

Poorhouses and Poor Law Etc

• A Transcription of the list of Pudsey Overseers for the years 1743 to 1887.

Societies

• This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies:
  • Bradford FHS
  • Yorkshire Archaeological Society, FH Section
  • Pudsey Civic Society

Taxation

• Transcriptions of the lists of those who paid Land Tax Land Tax in Pudsey (1704), and also those who paid the Hearth tax in Pudsey in 1666.

Voting Records

• A Transcription of the list of Pudsey Voters (and who they voted for) for the year 1741.
• The Poll for a Knight of the Shire for the West Riding of Yorkshire on Monday May 11 and Tuesday May 12. 1835, giving a list of the voters (and who they voted for).
  • Calverley with Farsley Township.
  • Idle Township.
  • Pudsey Township.
  • Bolton Township.