Manningham (St Paul), Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes K-R  West Riding  Manningham St Paul

Parish History
MANNINGHAM, a township, in the parish, borough,and union of Bradford, wapentake of Morley, W.riding of York, ¾ of a mile (N. W.) from Bradford; containing 5622 inhabitants. This township, which forms part of the north-western suburbs of Bradford,comprises by measurement 1230 acres, where of 658 are arable, and 572 pasture; the soil of the arable land is fertile, and the scenery is generally picturesque. Manningham Hall, the seat of E. C. Lister Kaye, Esq., is a handsome mansion, erected on the site of the ancient house of the Lister family, taken down in 1770, and is surrounded by a park. The worsted manufacture is carried on. St. Jude's, a district church, was erected in1842, at an expense of £3600, exclusive of the site, valued at £2000; the funds were raised by subscription, aided by a grant of £500 from the Ripon Diocesan Society. It is a handsome structure in the Norman style, from a design by Walker Rawstorne, Esq., and contains about 1000 sittings, of which 366 are free. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Vicar of Bradford; net income, £150. A second church has been erected more recently, and a district has been assigned to it by the Ecclesiastical Commission: the living is a perpetual curacy, with a net income of £150,and the next presentation belongs to John Hollings,Esq. The edifice, which is cruciform, and dedicated to St. Paul the Apostle, was built at a cost of about £3000, not including the site, and consists of a nave, north and south aisles, chancel, and transepts, with a central tower and spire 140 feet in height; it accommodates 600 persons.

From: Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 247-251. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51131 Date accessed: 10 September 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Probate records
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