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Hooton Roberts

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The Ancient Parish of HOOTON ROBERTS

[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]

"HOOTON ROBERTS, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 4½ miles NE. of Rotherham, 7½ from Doncaster, 41½ from York. Pop. 190. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, ~£7. 11s. 8d. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam.

The Hall House here was formerly one of the principal seats of the great Earl of Strafford, who was beheaded in the reign of Charles I. It is now the property of Earl Fitzwilliam: and occupied by three Miss Kents."

[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2013]
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Churches

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Church History

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Church Records

  • The following transcriptions are transcriptions of transcriptions originally done in 1988 by Wath and Mexborough Archives. These documents have many typographical errors and so we cannot vouch for the accuracy in the original transcription. If you find anything of interest here, please be sure to check the original Parish Registers source material.
    Transcriptions by Jack Parry of:
  • The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Hooton Roberts.
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Directories

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Gazetteers

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK485971 (Lat/Lon: 53.468412, -1.270862), Hooton Roberts which are provided by:

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Societies