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The Ancient Parish of PENISTONE
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"PENISTONE, a market and parish-town, in the wapentake of Staincross, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles from Barnsley, 12¾ from Huddersfield, 13¾ from Sheffield, 14 from Wakefield, 15 from Rotherham, 26 from Stockport, (Chesh.) 45 from York, 176 from London. Market, Thursday. Fairs, last Thursday in February; last Thursday in March; first Thursday in May; and Thursday after old Michaelmas day, for horses and horned cattle. Principal Inn, Rose and Crown. Pop. 645. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. John the Baptist (see Churches for photograph), in the deanry of Doncaster, value, ~£16. 14s. 2d. p.r. £146. 18s. 4d. Patron, the Right Hon. Major General Godfrey Bosville.This is a small market-town, little superior to a village, as the population will evince. It is chiefly noted for the number of moor sheep sold at its markets and fairs.
Here is a Free Grammar School, endowed with £100. per annum, and also the interest of £200. for the education of eight poor girls."
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 Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. John the Baptist's Church, Penistone, view 1 - they really don't want you to see the Church from the road. (The Church's website is here.)
- St. John the Baptist's Church, Penistone, view 2 - a bit better in winter.
- St. John the Baptist's Church, Penistone, view 3.
- St. John the Baptist's Church, Penistone, view 4 - the best view available.
- St. Andrew's United Reformed Church, Penistone.
- The Church of St. John the Evangelist, Denby,
- Holy Trinity Church, Denby Dale, view 1.
- Holy Trinity Church, Denby Dale, view 2.
- The Methodist Church, Denby Dale.
- St. Saviour's Church, Thurlstone.
- Thurlstone and Millhouse Green Methodist Church, Thurlstone.
- The Methodist Church, Springvale.
- St Aidan's Church, Oxspring. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Wesleyan Reform Church, Bird's Edge.
- St. Anne's Church, Carlcotes, in the grounds of Carlecotes Hall. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Independent non-Conformist Chapel, Bullhouse.
- The Methodist Church, Millhouse Green.
- St. Saviour's Church, Thurlstone. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Wesleyan Church, Thurlstone.
- A transcription of the Peniston - Bull House Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Peniston-Netherfield Chapel Congregational Church History
- Transcript of the entry for Penistone in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Denby in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Penistone.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Cumberworth.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Denby.
- 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.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Penistone to another place.
- A transcription of the Peniston - Bull House Congregational Church History
- A transcription of the Peniston-Netherfield Chapel 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 SE245036 (Lat/Lon: 53.528494, -1.631881), Penistone 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.
- Two books have been researched, written and produced by a local Penistone couple to commemorate all the men from Penistone, Thurlstone and the surrounding areas who lost their lives in "The Great War".
- The War Memorial next to St. John's church, Penistone.
- The 1914-18 and 1939-1945 War Memorial Denby Dale.
- 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:
- (SE203075) Birds Edge
- (SE254026) Castle Green
- (SE209033) Catshaw
- (SE187047) Crow Edge
- (SE158024) Dunford Bridge
- (SE277026) Four Lane End
- (SE210013) Fullshaw
- (SE226028) Hillside
- (SE241097) Kitchenroyd
- (SE218031) Millhouse Green
- (SE244079) Nether End
- (SE294021) Pinfold Hill
- (SE218036) Royd
- (SE236048) Scout Dyke
- (SE186030) Soughley
- (SE256030) Spring Vale
- (SE246023) The Green
- (SE166029) Town Head
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- Andreas Sarker has transcribed the Land Tax assessments for Thurlstone for 1802 and 1803.
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.