Honley with Brockholes, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  Yorkshire Parishes, A-IWest Riding of Yorkshire  Honley with Brockholes

Parish History
HONLEY, a chapelry, in the parish of Almondbury, union of Huddersfield, Upper division of the wapentake of Agbrigg, W. riding of York, 3½ miles (S. by W.) from Huddersfield; containing 5383 inhabitants. There are places of worship for Independents, Primitive Methodists, Methodists of the New Connexion, and Wesleyans.

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.

Online Records
Online data content from chapelry registers of *PARISH* exists at some of the following websites and for the specified ranges of years:

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Warrington-Padgate Christ Church and comprising the whole ancient parish of **PARISH NAME** to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the **PARISH NAME/link** PARISH page.

To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in date.

Honley Cemetery Monumental Inscriptions: Courtesy of Glynn Burhouse

Honley Cemetery Burial Book: Courtesy of Glynn Burhouse (Note this is a partial list-5661 names out of the 8000 in the actual book covering 1857-1930.

Census records
May, 1811 Census: Courtesy of Glynn Burhouse

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Yorkshire 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