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The Ancient Parish of HUDDERSFIELD
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"HUDDERSFIELD, a parish-town, in Agbrigg-division of Agbrigg and Morley, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Halifax and Dewsbury, 12¾ from Penistone, 13 from Wakefield, 14 from Bradford, 16 from Leeds, 18 from Barnsley, 24 from Manchester, (Lanc.) 39 from York, 189 from London. Market, Tuesday, for woollen cloth, provisions, &c. Fairs, May 14 and 15, and October 4, for pedlary ware, &c. Bankers, Old Bank, Messrs. Dobson and Sons, draw on Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co. 2, White Hart Court, Gracechurch Street; Messrs. Buckley, Roberts, and Co, draw on Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co. 43 Lothbury, Mr. Shakespear G. Sikes, draws on Messrs. Frys and Chapman, Mildred's Court, Poultry; Messrs. J.W. and C. Rawson, and Co. draw on Jones, Loyd, and Co. 43, Lothbury. Principal Inns, Rose and Crown, George Inn, Swan with two Necks, Pack Horse, and Ramsden Arms. Pop. 13,284. The Church is a Vicarage, dedicated to St. Peter, in the deanery of Pontefract, value, ~£7. 13s. 4d. Patron, Sir John Ramsden, Bart." (There is further information for Huddersfield).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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- Here are photographs of Cemeteries in the parish:
- Monumental Inscriptions (MIs) for Bradley St. Thomas are available on the Kirkheaton.info website.
- Here are photographs of Churches in the Ancient parish of Huddersfield:
- The Church of England Churches in Huddersfield Ancient Parish
- The Baptist and Methodist Churches in Huddersfield Ancient Parish
- The Churches of other denominations in Huddersfield Ancient Parish
- A transcription of Huddersfield Pole Moor Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Golcar Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Milnsbridge Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Huddersfield New North Road Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Lindley Oakes Church Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Scapegoat Hill Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Golcar Sunny Bank Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Slaithwaite Zion Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Huddersfield Primrose Hill Baptist Church History
- A transcription of Birkby Baptist Church History
- A transcription of the Huddersfield-Ramsden Street Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Huddersfield-Hill-House Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Huddersfield-Mold Green Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Huddersfield-George Street Congregational Church History
- Transcript of the entry for Huddersfield in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Huddersfield Holy Trinity in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Huddersfield St Paul in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Golcar in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Lindley in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Longwood in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Paddock in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Scammonden in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Slaithwaite in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Woodhouse in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The following records are available on the Kirkheaton.info website (you will need to register (free)):
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Huddersfield.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Golcar.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Modern Parish of Huddersfield Holy Trinity.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Modern Parish of Huddersfield St Paul.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Longwood.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Paddock.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Scammonden.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Slaithwaite.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Wood House.
- Garry Stockdill's Yorksview website contains a description and photographs of Huddersfield.
- 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.
- An index of the Huddersfield streets, lanes, roads, etc. transcribed from Whites 1853 Directory and Gazetteer.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Huddersfield to another place.
- Huddersfield Local History Society is a membership organisation for anybody and everybody interested in the history of the town.
- A transcription of the Huddersfield-Ramsden Street Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Huddersfield-Hill-House Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Huddersfield-Mold Green Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Huddersfield-George Street 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 SE144165 (Lat/Lon: 53.644814, -1.78365), Huddersfield 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.
- A transcription by Tana Johnson of the members of the Second West Yorks Cavalry, 1845.
- 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:
- (SE068192) Bottomley
- (SE154197) Brackenhall
- (SE055144) Bradshaw
- (SE057165) Camp Hill
- (SE122165) Cliff End
- (SE085160) Clough Head
- (SE137189) Cowcliffe
- (SE032124) Hey Green
- (SE105165) Leymoor
- (SE102174) Longwood Edge
- (SE115157) Milnsbridge
- (SE096181) Mount
- (SE144195) Netheroyd Hill
- (SE092172) Nettleton Hill
- (SE116173) Oakes
- (SE081171) Outlane Moor
- (SE068159) Pole Moor
- (SE124184) Prince Royd
- (SE105174) Salendine Nook
- (SE088165) Scapegoat Hill
- (SE082174) Slack
- (SE098179) Snow Lea
- (SE094149) Wellhouse
- (SE068148) Wilberlee
- Huddersfield Local History Society is a membership organisation for anybody and everybody interested in the history of the town.
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.