A Complete List of Bradford's Chapels and District Churches

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"BRADFORD (St. Peter), a borough, market-town, [is the] parish, and the head of a union, in the wapentake of Morley, W. riding of York, 10 miles (W. by S.) from Leeds, 34 (S. W.) from York, and 196 (N. N. W.) from London; comprising the townships of Allerton, North Bierley, Bowling, Bradford, Clayton, Eccleshill, Heaton, Manningham, Shipley, and Wilsden, and the chapelries of Haworth, Horton, and Thornton [and numerous others]; the whole containing 105,257 inhabitants, of whom 34,560 are in the town.

From: Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 326-331. URL: A Topographical Dictionary Date accessed: 02 September 2011.

Here is a complete list of Bradford chapelries and district churches as of 1881:


 * Bradford All Saints - 1864


 * Bradford Christ Church - 1838
 * Bradford Holy Trinity - 1864
 * Bradford St. James' Church - 1837 (see Horton St James)
 * Bradford St. John - 1854
 * Bradford St. Michael and All Angels - 1867
 * Bradford St. Peter - 1596


 * Bradford St. Thomas - 1862

The following chapels, district churches and chapelries were also attached to and lying within the parish boundary of Bradford St Peter [Note: If after having unsuccessfully searched St Peter's parish registers then be certain to next search each of these associated chapels--where registers are applicable--as well before continuing searches in adjoining parishes!]:


 * Bankfoot - 1849
 * Bierley - 1824
 * North Bierley St John - 1766; FHL has from 1824, but mostly from 1839, only
 * Bowling St John - 1842
 * Broomfields St. Luke - 1862
 * Buttershaw - 1839
 * Calverley - 1845
 * Clayton - 1851
 * Cullingworth - 1849
 * Daisy-Hill St Luke - 1881
 * Daisy-Hill Stott Hill - 1857
 * Denholme-Gate - 1846
 * Eccleshill - 1716
 * Girlington St Philip - 1860
 * Great Horton - 1809
 * Haworth - 1640
 * Heaton St Barnabas - 1863
 * Hortongreen All Saints - 1813
 * Horton St James - 1837
 * Horton North St Andrew - 1853
 * Laister-Dyke - 1861
 * Manningham St Jude - 1865
 * Manningham St Mary - 1856
 * Manningham St Paul - 1848
 * New Leeds Holy Trinity - 1864
 * Oxenhope St Mary the Virgin - 1849
 * Queensbury - 1847
 * Shipley - 1826
 * Stanbury - 1832
 * Thornton - 1678
 * Wibsey -1674
 * Wibsey, Low Moor - 1858
 * Wilsden - 1826

There are places of worship for--


 * Baptists
 * Society of Friends
 * Independents
 * Primitive Methodists
 * Wesleyans
 * Unitarians
 * Roman Catholics

References:

1. Royal, Edward, Bishop Bickersteth's visitation returns for the Archdeaconry of Craven. Heslington, York (2009)

2. Samuel A. Lewis ''A Topographical Dictionary of England. ''London (1848)

3. John Marius Wilson Wilson. ''Imperial Gazetteer of England &amp; Wales. ''London (1870)