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The Ancient Parish of WAKEFIELD
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"WAKEFIELD, a market and parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Wakefield, 5 miles from Dewsbury, 9 from Leeds and Pontefract, 10 from Barnsley, 13 from Huddersfield and Aberford, 15 from Bradford, 20 from Doncaster, 25 from York, 182 from London. Market, Friday. Fairs, July 4 and 5, for pedlary ware; November 11 and 12, for horses, horned cattle, &c. and every other Wednesday, for horned cattle. Bankers, Messrs. Leathams, Tew, Trueman, and Co. draw on Messrs. Dennison and Co, 106, Fenchurch Street; Messrs. Wentworth, Chaloner, and Rishworth, draw on Messrs. Wentworth, and Co. 25, Threadneedle Street. Principal Inns, White Hart, Strafford Arms, George, Black Bull, and Woodman Inn. Pop. 10,764. There are two Churches, the parish church is a vicarage, dedicated to All Saints, in the deanry of Pontefract, value, £20. 19s. 2d. Patron, the King. The other is called St. John's Church, value, p.r. £100. Patron, the Vicar of All-Saints." (There is further information for Wakefield).Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.
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[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2013]
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- Angela Petyt has transcribed the census returns for Laycock, Volunteer and Albion Yards, Kirkgate, Wakefield for the years 1851-1891.
- Carol Sklinar has transcribed the 1891 census returns for Wakefield Institutions (prison, asylum, workhouse etc.)
- The List of Donations in Wakefield Cathedral.
- Here are photographs of Churches within the Ancient Parish of Wakefield:
- The Church of England Churches.
- The Churches of other denominations.
- Photographs and descriptions of churches in the Wakefield area
- The new West Wakefield Methodist Church opened in 2003. This church is an amalgamation of Dewsbury Road (now demolished), Westgate End (now True Vine Christian Fellowship) and Wesley Hall (now demolished) Methodist churches.
- A transcription of Wakefield Baptist Church History
- A transcription of the Flanshaw Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Horbury Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Wakefield And Alverthorpe Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Wakefield-Zion Chapel Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Wakefield-Salem Chapel Congregational Church History
- Transcript of the entry for Wakefield in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Wakefield St John in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Alverthorpe in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Horbury in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Stanley in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Thornes in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcription of Horbury St. Peter and St. Leonard parish registers Baptisms and Burials 1770-1791
- Transcription of Horbury St. Peter and St. Leonard parish registers Baptisms and Burials 1792-1798
- Transcription of Horbury St. Peter and St. Leonard parish registers Baptisms and Burials 1799-1805
- Transcription of Horbury St. Peter and St. Leonard parish registers Baptisms and Burials 1806-1812
- Transcription of Horbury St. Peter and St. Leonard parish registers Marriages 1774-1812
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Wakefield.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Alverthorpe.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Horbury.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Stanley.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Thornes.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Modern Parish of Wakefield St John.
- The List of Vicars in The Cathedral, Wakefield.
- Colin Hinson has transcribed the following:
- The Horbury baptisms for 1598-1739.
- The Horbury Baptisms for 1740-1789.
- The Horbury Baptisms for 1790-1812.
- The Horbury Marriages for 1598-1812.
- The Horbury Burials for 1598-1749.
- The Horbury Burials for 1750-1812.
- Miscellaneous Horbury PR entries.
- The Outwood Community Video website covers Wrenthorpe, Stanley, Outwood, Lofthouse, Newton Hill, Alverthorpe and Kirkhamgate. History, Photos etc. are to be found here.
- 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 General and Commercial Directory, of Wakefield, Horbury, Alverthorpe, Sandal Magna, Stanley and Normanton - 1887
- 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 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.
- There is further information about this parish from the White's General and Commercial Directory, of Wakefield, Horbury, Alverthorpe, Sandal Magna, Stanley and Normanton - 1887
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Wakefield to another place.
- Wakefield District Council site - includes various local history information
- 'Twixt Aire and Calder - an online archive of digital images of old photographs, maps, prints and postcards from library collections across the Wakefield Metropolitan District.
- Angela Petyt's History of Wakefield page - from prehistoric times to World War One.
- Carol Sklinar's Wakefield Family History Sharing site - lots of local history, transcripts, photographs and a mailing list
- Wrenthorpe history as found in old newspapers at the British Newspaper Archive.
- The Manor and Lordship of Wakefield
- Robin Hood of Wakefield - the famous outlaw's Yorkshire links
- Horbury Hall, the oldest building in Horbury (1474), determined by dendrochronology.
- A transcription of the Flanshaw Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Horbury Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Wakefield And Alverthorpe Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Wakefield-Zion Chapel Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Wakefield-Salem Chapel Congregational Church History
- A list of people mentioned in deeds extracted from the Wakefield Registry, indexed under Pitchforth.
- 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 SE327206 (Lat/Lon: 53.680844, -1.506409), Wakefield 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.
- Photographs of gravestones at Thornes St James' Church
- Photographs and transcriptions of the memorial benches in Thornes Park Wakefield
- Transcription and photograph of the Central Wakefield War Memorial
- Transcription and photograph of the Central Wakefield Memorial Garden
- Transcription and photograph of the Wakefield Clayton Hosptial Memorial Plaque
- Transcription and photograph of the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School War Memorial
- Transcription and photograph of Wakefield St Austin's Roman Catholic Church War Memorial
- Transcription and photograph of the West Riding Constabulary War Memorial
- Transcription and photograph of the Thornes House School War Memorial
- Transcription and photograph of Thornes St James' Church War Memorial
- Transcription and photograph of the Horbury War Memorial
- Transcription and photograph of the Horbury South African (Boer) War Memorial
- Transcription and photograph of the Horbury Bridge War Memorial
- Transcription and photograph of Outwood St Mary Magdalene Church War Memorial
- Transcription and photograph of the Outwood Methodist Church War Memorial
- Transcription and photograph of the Outwood Memorial Hall War Memorial
- Transcription and photograph of the Stanley War Memorial
- Transcription and photograph of Wrenthorpe St Paul's Church War Memorial
- Transcription and photograph of the Wrenthorpe Colliery War Memorial
- Transcription and photograph of the Lofthouse Colliery Disaster 1973 Memorial
- The War Memorial Plaque on the side of St. Anne's Church, Wrenthorpe.
- The War Memorial at Kirkhamgate.
- The War Memorial on the wall of St. Peter's Church, Stanley.
- The War Memorial at Wakefield.
- 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:
- (SE301230) Beck Bottom
- (SE358248) Bottom Boat
- (SE314244) Carr Gate
- (SE338213) Eastmoor
- (SE303178) Horbury Junction
- (SE286181) Horbury Bridge
- (SE296228) Kirkhamgate
- (SE345250) Lee Moor
- (SE334245) Lofthouse Gate
- (SE312197) Lupset
- (SE330225) Newton Hill
- (SE326237) Outwood
- (SE320230) Snow Hill
- (SE354230) Stanley Ferry
- (SE347244) Stanley Lane Ends
- Wakefield Poor Law Union Accounts 1886 transcribed by Carol Sklinar
- Overseers of the Poor in the Wakefield Union 1887 transcribed by Carol Sklinar
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.
- Transcription by Carol Sklinar of Wakefield Constituency Absent Voters List 1918 parts 1-3 (ongoing). Invaluable source for those ancestors who fought in World War 1.