Ackworth, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes  West Riding  Ackworth

Parish History
This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Parish registers began in 1558.

ACKWORTH (St. Cuthbert), a parish, in Hemsworth district, in the Upper division of the wapentake of Osgoldcross, W. R. Yorkshire 3¼ miles (S. S. W.) from Pontefract. There are chapels for Quakers, Wesleyans, and Roman Catholics.

From: John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
Here is a list of church records on microfilm at the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City.

Non conformist Churches
Wesleyan Methodist Church

Ackworth is part of the Pontefract Methodist Circuit.

Neighboring Parishes
The GENUKI: Church Database is helpful in determining the names of the churches in the area. By typing the name of the parish, a list will show the names and denominations of the other churches in a selected radius.

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, nonconformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

Census records
Contributor: Include an overview if there is any unique information, such as the census for X year was destroyed. Add a link to online sites for indexes and/or images. Also add a link to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection.

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Rutland Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
Contributor: add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.