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The Ancient Parish of HEMSWORTH
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"HEMSWORTH, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; (Hemsworth Hall, the seat of Sir Francis Lindley Wood, Bart.) 5½ miles S. of Pontefract, 7 from Wakefield, 9 from Barnsley, 29½ from York. Pop. 963. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. Helen, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £20. 1s. 0½d. Patron, William Wrightson, Esq." (There is further information for Hemsworth)."HEMSWORTH LANE END, a hamlet in the township and parish of Hemsworth, 5 miles from Pontefract."
"HEMSWORTH LODGE, a farm-house in the township and parish of Hemsworth, 5 miles from Pontefract."
"HEMSWORTH MARSH, a hamlet in the parish of Hemsworth, 5 miles from Pontefract."
"KINSLEY HOUSE, a farm-house in the township and parish of Hemsworth, liberty of Pontefract; 7 miles SW. of Pontefract."
"NEWSTEAD HALL, (a seat of John Naylor, Esq.) in the township and parish of Hemsworth, wapentake of Staincross; 5 miles from Pontefract, 6 from Wakefield, 9 from Barnsley."
"ROYD MOOR, a farm-house in the township and parish of Hemsworth, 5 miles from Pontefract, 7 from Wakefield, 8 miles NE. of Barnsley."
"VISSITT, a farm-house in the township and parish of Hemsworth, 6 miles S. of Pontefract, 7 from Wakefield."
[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2013]
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- Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- St. Helen's Church, Hemsworth.
- St. Helen's Church, Hemsworth. They don't want you to see the Church in the summer! (The Church's website is here.)
- Trees undermining St. Helen's Church, Hemsworth.
- The Methodist Church, Hemsworth. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Hemsworth.
- The National Spiritualist Church, Hemsworth. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Strict and Particular Baptist Church, Kinsley.
- Our Lady of Graces Roman Catholic Church, Kinsley.
- The former Church of the Ascension, Kinsley. Now private apartments.
- Transcript of the entry for Hemsworth in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Hemsworth.
- The Hemsworth Town Council website covers Kinsley and Fitzwilliam too.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer, Vol I, West Riding.
- There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- 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.
- There is further information about this parish from the Stephen Whatley's Gazetteer 1750, Yorkshire extracts.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Hemsworth to another place.
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- 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.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SE428131 (Lat/Lon: 53.61271, -1.354538), Hemsworth which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Transcription and photograph of Hemsworth war memorial
- Transcription and photograph of Fitzwilliam war memorial
- The World Wars I and II Memorial in Kinsley village.
- 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:
- (SE413156) Fitzwilliam
- (SE417146) Kinsley
- This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies:
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.