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The Ancient Parish of WHITKIRK
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"WHITKIRK, a parish in the township of Temple Newsam, lower division of Skyrack; 4¼ miles E. of Leeds, 8 from Wakefield, 10¾ from Ferrybridge, 21 from York. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of the Ainsty, value, ~£13. 5s. 7½d. p.r. £120. Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge.In this Church of Whitkirk, was a chantry for two priests on the south side of the choir, and valued, 37 Henry VIII. at £12. 3s. 4d. founded by William Scargill, Esq. of Thorpe Stapleton. And on the north wall of the choir is a mural inscription to the memory of John Smeaton, F.R.S. the builder of the Eddystone Light House". --Whitaker's Loidis and Elmete."
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:
- St. Mary's Church, Whitkirk. (The Church's website is here.)
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Whitkirk.
- The Methodist Church, Colton. (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Wilfrid's Church, Halton (view 1). (The Church's website is here.)
- St. Wilfrid's Church, Halton (view 2).
- The Methodist and United Reformed Church, Halton.
- The Church of St. James the Great, Manston.
- Internal view looking down the nave
- Internal view looking across the nave
- St. James's Church, Seacroft.
- St. Richard's Church, Seacroft.
- The Church of the Ascension, Seacroft.
- The Methodist Church, Seacroft. This church is now closed and the congregation joined Cross Gates Methodist from 1/9/2022.
- The Congregational Church, Seacroft.
- The Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Seacroft.
- The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, Halton.
- Transcript of the entry for Whitkirk in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The entries in the parish records for Burials 1875 to 1879 have been transcribed.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Whitkirk.
- 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 1834 Directory, Yorkshire section.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the White's 1853 Gazetteer, History and Directory, of the West Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the White's 1891 Gazetteer, History and Directory, of the West Riding.
- 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 1853 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.
- There is further information about this parish from the White's 1891 Gazetteer, History and Directory, of the West Riding.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Whitkirk 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 SE361340 (Lat/Lon: 53.801055, -1.453377), Whitkirk 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 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:
- (SE377338) Brown Moor
- (SE343332) Halton Moor
- (SE353355) Parklands
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- A list of those paying the 1379 Subsidy Rolls (Poll Tax) for this parish.
- Transcription of the Voters list for Temple Newsam, 1837,46,50,57,60,65 and 1870