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The Ancient Parish of OTLEY
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"OTLEY, a market and parish-town, in the upper-division of Skyrack, liberty of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley; (Manor House, the residence of Matthew Wilson, Esq.) 8 miles from Harewood, 10 from Leeds, Bingley and Bradford, 12 from Keighley, and Ripley, 13 from Knaresborough, 15 from Skipton, 16 from Wetherby, 28 from York, 208 from London. Market, Friday. Fairs, first Monday after August 2, for horses and horned cattle; Friday between new and old Martinmas day for hiring servants; Fortnight Fairs on Fridays, for horned cattle and sheep. Principal Inns, White Horse, Black Horse, and New Inn. Pop. 3,065. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, ~£13. 1s. 8d. p.r. !£128." (There is further information for Otley).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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- There is a list of cemeteries (as opposed to Church Graveyards) for this area on the Leeds City Council's website.
- Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- All Saints' Church, Otley (view 1).
- All Saints' Church, Otley (view 2).
- All Saints' Church, Otley (view 3).
- United Reformed Church, Otley. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Methodist Church, Otley.
- Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Church, Otley.
- Beech Hill Church, Otley. (The Church's website is here.)
- The former Salvation Army Hall, Otley, (now closed).
- St. John the Evangelist's Church, Baildon.
- St. Mary the Blessed Virgin's Church, Burley in Wharfedale.
- St. Mary the Blessed Virgin's Church, Burley in Wharfedale.
- The Methodist Church, Burley in Wharfedale.
- The Roman Catholic Church, Burley in Wharfedale.
- The Salem United Reformed Church, Burley in Wharfedale.
- St. Helen's Church, Denton.
- All Saints' Church, Farnley (view 1).
- All Saints' Church, Farnley (view 2).
- St. Giles Church, Bramhope (view 1). (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Giles Church, Bramhope (view 2).
- St. Giles' Church, Bramhope (view 3).
- The Methodist Church, Bramhope. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Puritan Chapel, Bramhope.
- St. Wilfrid's Church, Pool (view 1).
- St. Wilfrid's Church, Pool (view 2).
- The Methodist Church, Pool.
- The former Methodist Chapel, Clifton (now a house).
- The Church of St. John the Divine, Menston.
- The Church of St. John the Divine, Menston (perhaps they are trying to hide the church?).
- The Methodist Church, Menston (formerly Wesleyan).
- The former Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School, Menston, now a Funeral Director's.
- The Cemetery Chapel, Menston.
- The Church on the Green (Evangelical), Green Fold.
- St. Hugh's Church Centre, Baildon.
- The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Baildon.
- The former Wesleyan Chapel, Charlestown.
- St. Aidan's Roman Catholic Church, Baildon.
- St. James's Church (old), Baildon. This church was moved 25 metres shortly after this photograph was taken.
- St. James's Church (new), Baildon.
- The former Chapel of unknown denomination, Baildon.
- The Church of St. John the Evangelist, Baildon.
- The Moravian Church, Baildon.
- The Methodist Church, Baildon.
- The Methodist Church, Hawksworth.
- The former Primitive Methodist Church, Low Hill.
- St. Paul's Church, Esholt.
- A transcription of the Bramhope Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Otley Congregational Church History
- Transcript of the entry for Otley in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Baildon in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Bramhope in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Burley in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Denton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Farnley in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Poole in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Otley.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Baildon.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Burley in Wharfedale.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Denton.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Pool.
- 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 Otley to another place.
- The Burley Local History Group have a large web-site dealing with the local history of the village.
- A transcription of the Bramhope Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Otley 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 SE202456 (Lat/Lon: 53.90617, -1.694022), Otley 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 World Wars I and II memorial at Bramhope
- The The war memorial on Our Lady and All Saints Church, Otley
- The World War II memorial garden at Otley
- The World Wars I and II memorial at Pool.
- 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:
- (SE240427) Abbey House
- (SE224501) Buttoner House
- (SE155444) Burley Woodhead
- (SE205453) Cambridge
- (SE203480) Carr Side
- (SE208474) Mount Pleasant
- (SE200476) Newall Carr Side
- (SE237434) Old Bramhope
- (SE248439) Staircase House
- (SE204446) White House
- The Burley Local History Group have a large web-site dealing with the local history of the village.
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.