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The Ancient Parish of GUISELEY

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"GUISELEY, a parish-town, in the upper-division of the wapentake of Skyrack, liberty of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley; 2 miles S. of Otley, 9 from Bradford, 10 from Leeds, 29 from York. Pop. 1,213. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Oswald (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, £26. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge.

Trinity College, Cambridge, "has only the third turn of presentation, which is the next." Camb. Caland. 1822."

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

Acacia Cot Carlton Esholt Horsforth Nether Yeadon New Laiths

Park Gate Hall Rawdon Scotland Upperwood House Yeadon

Census

• The Horsforth census for 1795 has been transcribed by Marilyn Maybury.

Churches

• Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
  • St Oswald's Church, Guiseley.
  • St. Bartholomew's Church, Carlton.
  • The Old Church site, Horsforth (view 1).
  • The Old Church site, Horsforth (view 2). This photo. and the one above show the location of the original church in Horsforth, which was demolished in the 19th century, when St Margarets was built. The low wall is supposedly on the line of the original church walls.
  • St. Margaret's Church, Horsforth (view 1).
  • St. Margaret's Church, Horsforth (view 2).
  • St. James' Church, Woodside, Horsforth.
  • The Central Methodist Church, Town Street, Horsforth.
  • The Grove Methodist Church, Horsforth.
  • Cragg Hill Baptist Church, Horsforth (view 1). This used to be the Zion Chapel.
  • Cragg Hill Baptist Church, Horsforth (view 2).
  • Providence Chapel, Broadgate Lane, Horsforth.
  • Woodside Methodist Church, Outwood Lane, Horsforth.
    • Richard Thomson (who took the above photograph) has also written a short History of the Church.
  • Bachelor Lane Methodist Church, Horsforth (view 1).
  • Bachelor Lane Methodist Church, Horsforth (view 2).
  • St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Horsforth.
  • The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Calverley Lane, Horsforth.
  • St. Peter's Church, Rawdon.
  • The Meeting Hall of the Society of Friends, Rawdon.
  • The Christian Science Church, Rawdon.
  • Trinity Church, Rawdon - so named because it houses the Baptist, Methodist and United Reform Churches..
  • St. Andrew's Church, Yeadon (built in 1894).
  • St. John's Church, Yeadon. (View 1)
  • St. John's Church, Yeadon. (View 2)
  • The Roman Catholic Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, New Scarborough, Yeadon.
• The following churches have their own web-sites:
  • St. John's Church, Yeadon.
  • St James' Church, Low Lane, Woodside, Horsforth
  • The Grove Methodist Church, Town Street, Horsforth
  • Friends Meeting House, Quakers Lane, Rawdon, Leeds

Church Records

• A transcription of the Banns 1832 to 1838 with a few from January 1839, from the parish registers by Jack Parry & David Simpson.
• Transcriptions by Jack Parry and David Simpson of:
  • The Baptism Registers for St. Oswald's Church, Guiseley:
    • 1700-1719, 1720-1739, 1740-1749, 1750-1759, 1760-1769, 1770-1779,
    • 1780-1789, 1790-1799, 1800-1809, 1810-1819, 1820-1830, 1831-1841.
  • The Marriage Registers for St. Oswald's Church, Guiseley:
    • 1700-1719, 1720-1754, 1754-1769, 1770-1779, 1780-1789,
    • 1790-1799, 1800-1809, 1810-1819, 1820-1829, 1830-1837
  • The Burial Registers for St. Oswald's Church, Guiseley:
    • 1820-1829, 1830-1839, 1840-1846.
  • The Baptism Registers for Rawdon Chapel, Guiseley PRs:
    • 1700-1719, 1720-1739, 1740-1759, 1760-1779, 1780-1799, 1800-1812.
  • The Baptism Registers for Horsforth Chapel:
    • 1700-1719, 1720-1739, 1740-1759, 1760-1779, 1780-1799, 1800-1812.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Guiseley.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Horsforth.
• The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Rawdon.

Description and Travel

• Garry Stockdill's Yorksview website contains a description and photographs of:
  • Horsforth.
  • Rawdon.

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 1834.

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 Guiseley 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:
  • (SE237374) Cragg Hill
  • (SE220431) East Carlton
  • (SE232425) Green Gates
  • (SE203404) Henshaw
  • (SE244376) Horsforth Woodside
  • (SE226393) Lane Ends
  • (SE214396) Larkfield
  • (SE203397) Little London
  • (SE231374) Low Fold
  • (SE215390) Low Green
  • (SE215387) Rawdon Carrs
  • (SE219376) Wellroyd
  • (SE208430) West Carlton
  • (SE230383) West End

Poorhouses and Poor Law Etc

• The list of Horsforth Poor for 1767 has been transcribed by Marilyn Maybury.

Societies

• This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies:
  • Wharfedale FHG
  • Yorkshire Archaeological Society, FH Section