Sheffield, Yorkshire Genealogy

Guide to Sheffield St Peter and St Paul, Yorkshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
"SHEFFIELD (St. Peter), a borough and parish, and the head of a union, partly in the N., but chiefly in the S., division of the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, W. riding of York and the township of Sheffield, 55 miles (S. W. by S.) from York.and 163 (N. N. W.) from London. Sheffield St Peter is an ancient parish, erected in the reign of Henry I.

A Complete List of Sheffield Parish and Chapels
Sheffield had the following parish and chapels attached to it, all lying within its jurisdiction and boundaries as of 1880:


 * Sheffield St. George's Church - 1824
 * Sheffield St. James Chapel - 1788 (FS Library has from 1828 to 1830 only)
 * Sheffield St. John, Park-Hill - 1837
 * Sheffield St Matthias Carver-Street - 1877
 * Sheffield St. Mary's Church, Brammall-lane - 1830
 * Sheffield St Peter - 1560
 * Sheffield St. Paul's Chapel - 1720 (FHL has from 1793 to 1825 only)
 * Sheffield St. Philip Church - 1827
 * Sheffield St Simon - 1867
 * Sheffield St Stephen - 1858

The following district churches and chapels were built within Sheffield parish and they include the following:
 * Attercliffe - 1694
 * Brightside All Saint - 1869
 * Brightside St Thomas - 1846
 * Broomhall St Mark - 1867
 * Carbrook -1874
 * Crookes - 1840
 * Darnall - 1844
 * Dyers-Hill - 1865
 * Ecclesall-Bierlow - 1784
 * Eldon St Jude - 1850
 * Fulwood - 1838
 * Gillcar St Silas - 1866
 * Gleadless - 1839
 * Grimesthorpe - 1854
 * Heeley - 1848
 * Highfield - 1877
 * Hill Top Chapel of Ease - see Attercliffe
 * Hillsborough Military (barracks) Chapel - 1858
 * Holliscroft - 1852
 * Neepsend - 1867
 * Nether Hallam - see Ecclesall Bierlow
 * Olerton - 1858 - see also Ecclesfield Parish
 * Park St John the Evangelist - 1840
 * Pitsmoor Christchurch - 1846
 * Shalesmoor - 1828
 * Upper Hallam - see Fulwood & Ecclessall Bierlow
 * Walkley - 1869
 * Wicker Holy Trinity - 1847

In the town are eleven places of worship for various denominations of Methodists, six for Independents, and one each for Baptists, Quakers, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 9 Roman Catholics - 1781

Find Neighboring Parishes
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
 * Type the name of the parish in the search bar
 * Click on the location pin on the map
 * Choose Options from the pop up box
 * Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes

Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor. Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.

Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records: Hover over the collection's title for more information Other Websites These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
 * Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
 * Dates in the following table are approximate
 * Joiner Marriage Index - West Riding of Yorkshire ($)
 * The Genealogist Parish Registers - Yorkshire ($)
 * 1611-1861 Archdeaconry of Richmond, England, Church of England Marriage Bonds, 1611-1861 at Ancestry – index & images ($)
 * UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
 * Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Cemeteries
A rich website with several cemetery and churchyard burial grounds is found at:


 * Sheffield Indexers
 * [National Burial Index]