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The Ancient Parish of SOUTH KIRKBY
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"SOUTH KIRKBY, a parish-town, in the wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 8 miles from Pontefract, 9 NE. of Barnsley; 10 from Doncaster, 11 from Wakefield, 31 from York. Pop. 633. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to All-Saints, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, ~£15. 10s. 2½d. Patron, the Rev. George Allott.""BROADLANE HOUSES, 2 farm-houses in the townships of South Kirkby and South Elmsall and parish of South Kirkby; 7½ miles NW. of Doncaster."
"HAGUE HALL, (the seat of James Allott, Esq.) in the township and parish of South Kirkby, wapentake of Osgoldcross; 7 miles from Pontefract, 5 from Barnsley."
"MINSTHORPE, a hamlet in the township of North Elmsall, and parish of South Kirkby, liberty of Pontefract; 5 miles S. of Pontefract."
"MOORTHORPE, a hamlet in the township and parish of South Kirkby, ; 8 miles from Pontefract, 12 from Wakefield."
"MUNTHROYD, in the parish of South Kirkby, wapentake of Osgoldcross; 8 miles S. of Pontefract."
"NORTH ELMSALL, in the parish of South Kirkby, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; (Elmsall Lodge, the seat of Charles Cholmley, Esq.) 7 miles from Pontefract, 9 from Doncaster and Barnsley, 11 from Wakefield. Pop. 113."
"SKELBROOK, in the parish of South Kirkby, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; (the residence of the Rev. Charles Cater) 7 miles S. of Ferrybridge, 7¾ from Pontefract, 8 from Doncaster, 12 from Barnsley. Pop. 115. The Church is a perpetual curacy, dedicated to St. Michael, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, p.r. £60. Patron, the Perrin family."
"SOUTH ELMSALL, in the parish of South Kirkby, wapentake of Osgoldcross, liberty of Pontefract; 8 miles NW. of Doncaster, Barnsley, and Pontefract, 11½ from Wakefield. Pop. 453."
"STUBBS HALL, a farm-house in the township of Hampole, and parish of South Kirkby; 7 miles from Doncaster, 9½ from Pontefract. Pop. included in Hampole."
"WRANGBROOK, 3 farm-houses in the township of North Emsall, and parish of South Kirkby, liberty of Pontefract; 6 miles S. of Pontefract, 9 from Doncaster."
[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:
- All Saints' Church, South Kirkby. (No key available to visitors)
- The Methodist Church, South Elmsall.
- St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Moorthorpe.
- The Christian Fellowship, South Elmsall.
- The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, South Elmsall. (The Church's website is here.)
- Trinity Methodist Church, South Elmsall.
- South Elmsall Spiritualist Church, South Elmsall. (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Luke's Church, South Elmsall. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Skelbrooke, view 1.
- The Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Skelbrooke, view 2.
- St. Margaret's Church, North Elmsall, view 1.
- St. Margaret's Church, North Elmsall, view 2.
- Transcript of the entry for South Kirkby in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Skelbrooke in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of South Kirkby.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Skelbrook.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory and Gazetteer, Vol I, 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 South Kirkby to another place.
- History of South Kirkby Colliery
- 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 SE451108 (Lat/Lon: 53.591846, -1.320107), South Kirkby 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.
- Transcription and photograph of South Kirkby and Moorthorpe war memorial
- Transcription and photograph of South Elmsall war memorial
- Transcription and photograph of North Elmsall war memorial
- The War Memorial to the dead of Moorthorpe and South Elmsall in the two World Wars.
- 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:
- (SE363064) Hoyle Mill
- (SE361054) Measborough Dike
- This parish is covered (or partly covered) by the following Societies:
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.