Crookes St Thomas, Yorkshire Genealogy

England Yorkshire  Yorkshire Parishes, A-I  West Riding of Yorkshire  Crookes St Thomas

Parish History
CROOKS and CROOKS-MOOR, two hamlets and a chapelry in Nether-Hallam and Eccleshall-Bierlow townships, Sheffield parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The hamlets lie adjacent to the boundary with Derbyshire, 4 miles SW of Sheffield. The chapelry was constituted in 1849.

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

For a full list of all those chapels surrounding Warrington-Padgate Christ Church and comprising the whole ancient parish of Sheffield to which it was attached, be certain to see "Church Records" on the SHEFFIELD PARISH  page.

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.

This ancient parish (AP) was created before 1813. Church of England records began in date.

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