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The Ancient Parish of SAINT JOHN'S
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"SAINT JOHN'S, a parish-town, in the township of Throapham, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Tickhill; 6 miles from Tickhill, 8 from Rotherham, 50 from York. Pop. included in Throapham. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p.r. £33. 8s. 6d. Patron, the Lord Chancellor.""LANGOLD, in the township of Letwell, and parish of Saint John's, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; (a seat of John Galley Knight, Esq.) 4 miles from Worksop, (Notts.) 5 from Tickhill."
"LETWELL, in the parish of Saint John's, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberties of St. Peter and Tickhill; 5½ miles SW. of Tickhill and Worksop, (Notts.) 9 from Rotherham. Pop. 135. The Church, peculiar, is a perpetual curacy, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p.r. !£40. Patron, the Chancellor of York Cathedral."
"LINGODELL, a farm-house in the township of Throapham, and parish of Saint John's; 5 miles from Tickhill and Worksop, (Notts.)"
"THROAPHAM, a township, in the parish of Saint John's, upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill; 6½ miles SSW. of Tickhill, 7½ from Worksop, (Notts.) 8 from Rotherham, 10 from Bawtry. Pop. including St. John's, 50, which being united, form a township."
"WHEAT HOUSE, a farm-house in the township of Throapham, and parish of Saint John's; 5 miles S. of Tickhill and Worksop, (Notts.)"
[Description(s) edited from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson © 2013]
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- The following transcriptions are transcriptions of transcriptions originally done in 1988 by Wath and Mexborough Archives. These documents have many typographical errors and so we cannot vouch for the accuracy in the original transcription. If you find anything of interest here, please be sure to check (or get someone to check) the actual gravestone.
Transcription by Jack Parry of:- The graves in the churchyard at St. Peter's Church, Letwell
- Here are photographs of Churches etc. in the parish:
- St. John's Church, Saint John's.
- St. Peter's Church, Letwell.
- The following transcriptions are transcriptions of transcriptions originally done in 1988 by Wath and Mexborough Archives. These documents have many typographical errors and so we cannot vouch for the accuracy in the original transcription. If you find anything of interest here, please be sure to check the original records.
Transcription by Jack Parry of: - A Terrier for St. John's of 1809, listing the property available to the incumbent.
- The Baptism Registers for Throapham:
- 1548-1609, 1610-1659, 1660-1699, 1700-1729, 1730-1759, 1760-1799, 1800-1819, 1820-1839,
- 1840-1899, 1900-1919, 1920-1939.
- The Marriage Registers for Throapham:
- The Burial Registers for Throapham:
- The Bishop's transcripts for Letwell:
- The Registers for Letwell:
- The Marriage Banns 1859 to 1950 for Letwell.
- The plaques etc. inside St. Peter's Church Letwell.
- The graves in the churchyard at St. Peter's Church, Letwell
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Saint John's.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Letwell.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Saint Johns.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Saint Johns to another place.
- 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 SK524876 (Lat/Lon: 53.382657, -1.213694), Saint Johns which are provided by:
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- Bing (was Multimap)
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- 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.
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.