Bramham, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire Yorkshire Parishes  West Riding  Bramham

Parish History
BRAMHAM (All Saints), a parish, in the Upper division of the wapentake of Barkstone-Ash, West Riding, Yorkshire; comprising the townships of Bramham-with Oglethorpe and Clifford, with the modern village of Boston, 4¼ miles (S. S. E.) from Wetherby. There are chapels within this parish boundary at Boston (St Mary, the Virgin) and Clifford (St Luke); and places of worship in the parish for Wesleyans Methodists and Ranters.

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

List of Chapelry's in this Parish

 * Boston Spa
 * Clifford

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 1586.

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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain