Bierley, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes  East Riding  Bierley

Chapel History
BIERLEY, a chapelry in North Bierley township, Bradford parish and union, wapentake of Morley, West Riding,Yorkshire. Bierley chapel was erected in 1766, in the township of Bowling, though immediately bordering on the north-east of North Bierley, but was not consecrated till 1824; it was enlarged in 1828, and 1831, principally for the accommodation of the poor, and is a beautiful structure in the Grecian style.

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 Barlby exists at some of the following websites and for the specified ranges of years:

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Bierley and comprising the whole ancient parish of Bradford to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on theBRADFORD 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.

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
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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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain