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The Ancient Parish of TADCASTER
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"TADCASTER, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Barkston-Ash and Ainsty, a part in the liberty of St. Peter; 6 miles from Aberford, 7 from Wetherby, 10 from York, 12 from Ferrybridge, 12½ from Selby, 14 from Pontefract, 15 from Leeds, 190 from London. Market, Wednesday. Fairs, last Wednesday in April, May, September, and October, for horned cattle, sheep, pigs, &c. Principal Inns, White Horse, Rose and Crown, and the Angel. Pop. 1,651, the Ainsty: 775. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, ~£8. 4s. 9d. Patron, the Earl of Egremont." (There is further information for Tadcaster)."HAZELWOOD, in the township of Sutton with Hazlewood, and parish of Tadcaster, wapentake of Barkston-Ash; 3 miles from Tadcaster, 7 from Wetherby. Pop. included in Stutton."
"SMAW'S HALL, in the parish of Tadcaster; 1 mile W. of Tadcaster, 7 from Wetherby."
"STUTTON, in the parish of Tadcaster, wapentake of Barkston-Ash; 1 mile S. of Tadcaster, 11 from Ferrybridge, 13 from Pontefract. Pop. including Hazelwood, 256, which being united, form a township."
[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2013]
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- Fay Hodgson has transcribed (with photographs) the Monumental inscriptions (M.I.s) within the Church.
- Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Tadcaster.
- The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Tadcaster (with blossom on the trees).
- Internal view looking down the nave
- The Methodist Church, Tadcaster. (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Tadcaster. (With short history).
- The Salvation Army, Tadcaster.
- Fay Hodgson has written a " Tour of St. Mary's". This document is in Adobe pdf format.
- A transcription of the Tadcaster Congregational Church History
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Tadcaster.
- The List of Incumbents in St. Mary's Church, Tadcaster.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer, Vol I, West Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the White's 1837 Gazetteer, History and Directory, of the West Riding.
- There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1829 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the Pigot's 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- There is further information about this parish from the White's 1837 Gazetteer, History and Directory, of the West Riding.
- 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 Tadcaster to another place.
- Tadcaster Historical Society is a small, local history group who meet monthly to hear an historical lecture, and have produced several books on the history of Tadcaster.
- A transcription of the Tadcaster Congregational Church History
- 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 SE487435 (Lat/Lon: 53.885409, -1.260584), Tadcaster 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.
- The War Memorial Plaques in St. Mary's Church, Tadcaster.
- Fay Hodgson has transcribed (with photographs) the Monumental inscriptions (M.I.s) within the Church.
- Tadcaster Historical Society
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.