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The Ancient Parish of ALMONDBURY
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"ALMONDBURY, a parish-town, in Agbrigg division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; (Thorpe Ville, the seat of John Dobson, Esq.) 2 miles SE. of Huddersfield, 10 from Halifax, 10½ from Penistone, 11 from Wakefield, 41 from York. Pop. 5,679. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of Pontefract, value, £20. 7s. 11d. Patrons, the Trustees of the Free Grammar School of Clitheroe, (Lanc.)" (There is further information for Almondbury).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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- While not a census, here are some lists of residents in the Manor of Almondbury:
- A transcription of the Township of Holme - Earnshaw's charity information from the 1899 Endowed Charities, W.R. Yorkshire and Sheffield.
- Here are photographs of Churches in the Ancient parish of Almondbury:
- The Church of England Churches in Almondbury Ancient Parish
- The Baptist and Methodist Churches in Almondbury Ancient Parish
- The Churches of other denominations in Almondbury Ancient Parish
- A transcription of Lockwood Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Meltham Baptist Church History
- A transcription of the Honley Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Marsden Yorks Congregational Church History
- Transcript of the entry for Almondbury in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Honley in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Linthwaite in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Lockwood in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Marsden in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Meltham in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Netherthong in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for South Crossland in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Almondbury.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Honley.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Linthwaite.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Lockwood.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Marsden.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Meltham.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Nether Thong.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of South Crosland.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Almondbury to another place.
- Sue Eggins has transcribed several pages from The History of the Township of Meltham containing names of people and places from the Court Rolls.
- A transcription of the Honley Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Marsden Yorks 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 SE164154 (Lat/Lon: 53.634868, -1.753455), Almondbury 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 in the Church-yard at Holmbridge.
- The War Memorial next to the Church-yard at Almondbury.
- The War Memorial opposite the Church at Nether Thong.
- 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:
- (SE130134) Armitage Bridge
- (SE150110) Brockholes
- (SE128075) Burnlee
- (SE096138) Clough
- (SE105120) Crosland Edge
- (SE115147) Crosland Hill
- (SE118153) Crosland Moor
- (SE140100) Deanhouse
- (SE166136) Farnley Bank
- (SE115074) Flush House
- (SE146140) Hall Bower
- (SE100119) Helme
- (SE123078) Hogley Green
- (SE120067) Holmbridge
- (SE134112) Honley Moor
- (SE075131) Hill Top
- (SE079124) Holt Head
- (SE103056) Lane
- (SE064124) Lingards Wood
- (SE154154) Lower Houses
- (SE157139) Lumb
- (SE108107) Meltham Mills
- (SE042108) Netherley
- (SE126120) Scotgate
- (SE117100) Wilshaw
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.