Talk:Pontefract, Yorkshire Genealogy

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

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.

Old Parish Table
Online data content from chapelry registers of Pontefract exists at some of the following websites and for the specified ranges of years:

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Knottingley and comprising the whole ancient parish of Pontefract to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the Pontefract 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 was created before 1813. Church of England records began in 1842.