Lightcliffe, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  Yorkshire Parishes K-R  West Riding  Lightcliffe

Parish History
LIGHTCLIFFE, a chapelry district, in the parish and union of Halifax, wapentake of Morley, W. riding of York, 3½ miles (E.) from Halifax. This chapelry, which is included in the township of Hipperholme cum Brighouse, and in the manor of Wakefield, is on the road from Halifax to Leeds. The chapel, dedicated to St. Matthew, has been rebuilt since its original foundation in 1529: the living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £120; patron, the Vicar of Halifax. In 1829, in a gravel-pit near the chapel, were found several consular and imperial silver coins, and some gold British coins of Boadicea, in excellent preservation.

From: Lewis, Sameul A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 85-87. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51107 Date accessed: 20 August 2011.>

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.

Church records
To find the names of the neighboring 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.

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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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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