Talk:Batley, Yorkshire Genealogy

New Parish Table
Batley parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

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

Records are also available at the West Yorkshire Archive Service.

Online Records
Brownhill St Saviour parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

List of Chapelry's in this Parish

 * Batley Carr
 * Brownhill
 * Gildersome
 * Healey

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.

Batley is an ancient parish (created before 1813). Church of England records for Batley survive from 1559 (All Saints), 1841 (Batley Carr), and 1868 (St.Thomas).

In addition, the following Church of England chapelries were also found within Batley parish:


 * Batley St Thomas the Apostle (1868)
 * Batley Carr (1835)
 * Brownhill St Saviour (1871)
 * Bruntcliffe (abt 1880)
 * Carlinghow (1879)
 * Gildersome St. Peter's (1774)
 * Healey (1859)
 * Morley St Peter (1830)
 * Staincliffe Chapelry (1867)

The original registers are deposited at the West Yorkshire Archives in Wakefield.

The copies made by the minister (ordered by an Act of 1598) and sent each year to the Bishop of the diocese (known as parish register transcripts or Bishop's transcripts) survive from 1600 and are deposited at the West Yorkshire Archives branch in Sheepscar, Leeds.

The Family History Library in Salt Lake City has both parish registers and bishop's transcripts on microfilm for Batley and its chapelries, which are listed in the. Many of these records are indexed in the International Genealogical Index available online through the 'Advanced Search' at familysearch.org

Old Parish Table
Brownhill St Saviour parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

List of Chapelry's in this Parish

 * Batley Carr
 * Brownhill
 * Gildersome
 * Healey

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.

Batley is an ancient parish (created before 1813). Church of England records for Batley survive from 1559 (All Saints), 1841 (Batley Carr), and 1868 (St.Thomas).

In addition, the following Church of England chapelries were also found within Batley parish:


 * Batley St Thomas the Apostle (1868)
 * Batley Carr (1835)
 * Brownhill St Saviour (1871)
 * Bruntcliffe (abt 1880)
 * Carlinghow (1879)
 * Gildersome St. Peter's (1774)
 * Healey (1859)
 * Morley St Peter (1830)
 * Staincliffe Chapelry (1867)

The original registers are deposited at the West Yorkshire Archives in Wakefield.

The copies made by the minister (ordered by an Act of 1598) and sent each year to the Bishop of the diocese (known as parish register transcripts or Bishop's transcripts) survive from 1600 and are deposited at the West Yorkshire Archives branch in Sheepscar, Leeds.

The Family History Library in Salt Lake City has both parish registers and bishop's transcripts on microfilm for Batley and its chapelries, which are listed in the. Many of these records are indexed in the International Genealogical Index available online through the 'Advanced Search' at familysearch.org.